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Denio Nevada Map

Explore Denio, Nevada, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Denio, Nevada

How to Use This Denio, Nevada Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Denio, Nevada. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nevada or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Denio.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Denio
State	Nevada (NV)
County	Humboldt County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.989896
Longitude	-118.63434
Population	34
Density	28.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	89404
Area Code	775
County Seat	Winnemucca
School District	Humboldt County School District

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About Denio, Nevada

Denio is a locality in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 34. The population density is 28.7 people per km². Denio is located at 41.9899°N, 118.6343°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89404.

Denio exists as a sparse collection of structures caught in the vast, arid expanse of the high desert. It lies 167.7 miles north of Fernley, NV (from Fernley, NV: bearing 11°T), and is situated 84.3 miles north-northwest of Winnemucca. Beyond the immediate reach of the settlement, the landscape rises toward the Sand Hills, where the earth shifts into shades of ochre and burnt umber under a sun that seems to bleach the very air. Denio Creek winds through the low ground, a thin, persistent ribbon of moisture that barely sustains the hardy sagebrush and greasewood clinging to the alkaline soil. To the north, the rugged terrain of the Pueblo Mountains Wilderness Study Area defines the horizon, its jagged silhouette standing in stark contrast to the flat, sweeping plains that extend toward the distant shimmer of Continental Lake. At twilight, the light stretches thin and violet across the basin, turning the shadows of Cowden Canyon into deep, ink-colored gashes in the earth.

History here is marked by the quiet endurance of those who carved a life out of a landscape that offers little by way of comfort. Denio once served as a junction for the rugged travelers and ranchers who navigated the long, lonely stretches between isolated outposts, its economy tethered to the rhythms of cattle grazing and the occasional needs of the transient worker. The local character is forged by the silence of the Great Basin, where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow movement of clouds above the high-desert scrub. There is a profound, austere beauty in the way the wind sweeps across the open ground, carrying the scent of dry earth and ancient stone, reminding anyone who passes through that Denio remains a place where human ambition is kept humble by the sheer scale of the surrounding wilderness.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pueblo Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 0.8 mi, 348° N · 75k acres
Van Horn Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.6 mi, 009° N · 2,952 acres
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.2 mi, 270° W · 1.2M acres
Little Cottonwood Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.0 mi, 345° N · 3,394 acres
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.1 mi, 271° W · 325k acres
Tum Tum Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.7 mi, 016° N
Pueblo Foothills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.4 mi, 358° N
Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.8 mi, 187° S · 28k acres
Thousand Creek Gorge Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 246° SW
Steens Mountain Cooperative Management And Protection Area (National Conservation Area) — 20.7 mi, 354° N · 496k acres
Steens Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.4 mi, 351° N · 174k acres
Borax Hot Springs (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 004° N
Royal Peacock Opal Mine (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 240° SW
Josie Pearl Camp (Historic Ruins) — 33.4 mi, 198° S
Varyville (Historic Ruins) — 35.5 mi, 195° S
Alvord Hot Springs (Attraction) — 38.6 mi, 008° N
Mickey Hot Springs (Attraction) — 49.8 mi, 017° N
Three Corners Monument (Monument) — 70.1 mi, 271° W

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