Crescent Valley Nevada Map

About Crescent Valley, Nevada

Crescent Valley is a locality in Eureka County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 512. The population density is 88.6 people per km². Crescent Valley is located at 40.4160°N, 116.5765°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89821.

Crescent Valley occupies a wide, basin-like expanse where the sagebrush plains stretch toward a horizon defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Dry Hills. It lies 51.4 miles west-southwest of Elko, NV (from Elko, NV: bearing 236°T), and is situated 24.4 miles southeast of Battle Mountain. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the landscape until the ground seems to vibrate under the intense, unrelenting sun. To the north, the terrain gives way to the subtle depressions of Corral Canyon, while the modest flow of Fire Creek carves a thin, verdant ribbon through the alkaline dust. At twilight, the light softens into a bruised lavender, casting long, melancholic shadows that emphasize the vast, empty silence inherent to this high desert floor.

Crescent Valley sustains itself through a rugged, quiet endurance, defined largely by the extractive industries and the persistent, solitary labor of those who work the earth. The rhythm of life here remains tethered to the shifting demands of the region’s mineral wealth and the sparse, resilient agriculture that manages to survive in the arid soil. History lingers in the weathered remnants of old prospectors’ ambitions, scattered like bleached bone across the plains, yet the locality persists as a functional outpost rather than a relic. Each day passes with the steady, unadorned gravity of a place where the scale of the environment renders human endeavor small, yet remarkably defiant against the immense, open sky.

About This Crescent Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crescent Valley, Nevada. Coordinates: 40.416028, -116.576474. 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 Crescent Valley includes the ZIP code (89821), telephone area code (775), county seat of Eureka County (Eureka), and school district assignment (Eureka 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.