Blue Diamond Nevada Map

About Blue Diamond, Nevada

Blue Diamond is a locality in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 268. The population density is 14.3 people per km². Blue Diamond is located at 36.0399°N, 115.4128°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89004.

Blue Diamond emerges from the arid Mojave floor as a verdant anomaly, its low-slung dwellings sheltered by the dramatic, iron-stained cliffs of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It lies 7.4 miles southwest of Summerlin South, NV (from Summerlin South, NV: bearing 215°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Enterprise. The landscape surrounding Blue Diamond is defined by the sweeping expanse of Cottonwood Valley, where the golden light of late afternoon catches the sagebrush and turns the desert floor into a shimmering plane of bronze and ochre. To the west, the jagged, cooling silhouette of the Spring Mountains dominates the horizon, casting long, violet shadows that stretch toward the scrubland. Water is a precious, rare guest here, occasionally traced by the modest, intermittent flow of Oak Creek as it carves a shallow path through the parched earth, while Wilson Tank remains a solitary, hidden basin marking the further reaches of this dry, high-desert terrain.

History clings to Blue Diamond like the dust on a juniper branch, rooted in the grit of early twentieth-century gypsum mining that first drew workers to these stark, silent canyons. The economy has shifted from the extraction of mineral wealth to a quiet, residential peace, though the remnants of industrial labor still linger in the weathered textures of the older structures and the purposeful layout of the lanes. Life in Blue Diamond moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, dictated by the relentless sun and the sudden, sharp cooling of the air once the stars claim the sky. Residents here inhabit a space where the vastness of the desert remains an active participant in daily life, an environment that demands a certain humility from those who choose to settle among the limestone bluffs and the resilient, wind-sculpted flora.

About This Blue Diamond Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blue Diamond, Nevada. Coordinates: 36.039949, -115.412799. 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 Blue Diamond includes the ZIP code (89004), telephone area code (702, 725), county seat of Clark County (Las Vegas), and school district assignment (Clark 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.