Carter Springs Nevada Map

About Carter Springs, Nevada

Carter Springs is a locality in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 585. The population density is 80.7 people per km². Carter Springs is located at 38.8619°N, 119.6411°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89410.

Carter Springs rests upon the arid expanse of Cedar Flat, where the earth wears a muted palette of sagebrush gray and sun-bleached dust. It lies 5.0 miles east-southeast of Gardnerville Ranchos, NV (from Gardnerville Ranchos, NV: bearing 111°T), and is situated 7.5 miles southeast of Gardnerville. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the distant Sierra Nevada, a jagged wall of violet stone that looms against the western sky. To the east, the ground stretches toward the horizon with a quiet, unyielding patience, broken only by the occasional erratic gust that stirs the dry soil. Within a mile of the boundary, the rugged terrain of the Toiyabe National Forest offers a subtle transition from the open basin to the shadowed, pine-scented slopes that provide a cool relief from the relentless glare of the midday sun.

Economic life in Carter Springs has long been tied to the rhythm of the land and the sparse resources pulled from the basin floor. The proximity of the East Fork Carson River provides a vital, life-giving ribbon of moisture that sustains local grazing and agricultural patches, contrasting sharply with the parched, high-desert surroundings. While the rush of prospectors and the clamor of early mining camps have long since faded into the silence of the Great Basin, the quiet persistence of the residents remains, defined by a self-reliance forged in the shadow of the mountains. On summer evenings, the light catches the distant surface of Topaz Lake, turning the water into a singular, shimmering coin of blue that punctuates the otherwise monochrome landscape of the high plains.

About This Carter Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carter Springs, Nevada. Coordinates: 38.861939, -119.641124. 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 Carter Springs includes the ZIP code (89410), telephone area code (775), county seat of Douglas County (Minden), and school district assignment (Douglas 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.