Grass Valley Nevada Map

About Grass Valley, Nevada

Grass Valley is a locality in Lander County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 991. The population density is 11.1 people per km². Grass Valley is located at 40.7971°N, 117.7603°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 89310, 89445.

Grass Valley occupies a wide, arid basin where the high desert air thins under a relentless, sun-bleached sky. It lies 95.5 miles southwest of Elko, NV (from Elko, NV: bearing 215°T), and is situated 95.6 miles southwest of Spring Creek. Skull Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the sagebrush, its bed often dry and silver-toned, mirroring the pale, dusty earth that dominates the horizon. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Toiyabe Range provides a jagged, charcoal-colored boundary against the atmospheric haze, while the nearby slopes of Water Canyon offer a stark, vertical contrast to the flat, scrub-covered plains. At dusk, the light here possesses a heavy, amber quality that softens the harsh edges of the landscape, turning the brush into a sea of muted violet and deep bronze.

History in Grass Valley remains etched into the silence of the abandoned mining claims and the weathered remains of early homesteads that once sought prosperity from the stubborn, mineral-rich ground. The local economy persists through a quiet, hard-won resilience, tied to the rhythms of ranching and the slow, deliberate movement of livestock across the vast, open range. Just five miles away, the Simpson Park Wilderness Study Area preserves a segment of this rugged wilderness, a testament to the enduring, lonely character of the Great Basin. Life here proceeds without the noise of modern excess, favoring a steady, unadorned pace that recognizes the land’s capacity to both provide and withhold, leaving those who remain to find their own measure of peace within the immense, empty expanse.

About This Grass Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grass Valley, Nevada. Coordinates: 40.797081, -117.760261. 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 Grass Valley includes the ZIP code (89310, 89445), telephone area code (702, 725, 775), county seat of Lander County (Battle Mountain), and school district assignment (Pershing 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.