Baker Nevada Map

About Baker, Nevada

Baker is a locality in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 17.5 people per km². Baker is located at 39.0133°N, 114.1228°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89311.

Baker maintains a stoic presence where the high desert floor meets the rugged, upward thrust of the Snake Range. It lies 108.7 miles north-northwest of Cedar City, UT (from Cedar City, UT: bearing 328°T), and is situated 44.1 miles east-southeast of Ely. Lehman Creek carves a persistent, silver thread through the arid landscape, its snowmelt waters offering a cool reprieve before the land widens into the vast, sage-dusted expanse that defines the horizon. The air here holds a crystalline clarity, thin and sharp enough to make the distant, jagged peaks feel close enough to touch, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the shadows of Young Canyon. Baker Reservoir reflects the shifting palette of the sky, a quiet basin that anchors the surrounding valley in a stillness so profound it seems to vibrate with the hum of insects and the occasional rustle of wind through dry brush.

Great Basin National Park serves as the primary steward of the high-altitude terrain, drawing those who seek the ancient, twisted endurance of the Bristlecone Pine Interpretive Trail. The local economy persists in a delicate tension between the seasonal pulse of tourism and the steady, quiet rhythms of ranching that have defined the valley for generations. Unlike the neon-soaked centers of commerce elsewhere in the state, Baker operates on a timeline dictated by the seasonal shifts of the high desert, where the resilience of the flora and the endurance of the inhabitants are mirrored in the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. History here is found not in grand monuments, but in the weathered fence lines and the stubborn persistence of homesteaders who long ago recognized the value of this high, lonely stretch of earth.

About This Baker Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baker, Nevada. Coordinates: 39.01328, -114.12277. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Baker includes the ZIP code (89311), telephone area code (702, 725), county seat of White Pine County (Ely), and school district assignment (White Pine County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.