Lamoille Nevada Map

About Lamoille, Nevada

Lamoille is a locality in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 130. The population density is 27.2 people per km². Lamoille is located at 40.7280°N, 115.4784°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89828.

Lamoille greets the morning with a clarity of light that clarifies the pale, sage-dusted expanse of the high desert basin. It lies 5.6 miles east of Spring Creek, NV (from Spring Creek, NV: bearing 89°T), and is situated 16.6 miles east-southeast of Elko. Lamoille Creek serves as the primary artery of the landscape, carving a persistent, cooling path through the valley floor where the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of mountain snowmelt. To the east, the jagged, shadowed heights of the Ruby Mountains rise like a serrated wall, casting long, cool violet shades across the prairie as the sun begins its descent. The terrain here is defined by the proximity of the Humboldt National Forest, which offers a rugged, pine-studded transition into the steep, dramatic walls of Lamoille Canyon. Even in the height of the dry season, the presence of the creek and the nearby Spring Creek Reservoir provides a vital, verdant counterpoint to the arid, golden grasses that ripple under the constant, restless wind.

Historical markers and weathered fences speak to an economy rooted deeply in the endurance of ranching, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the movement of cattle across the open range. Lamoille maintains a quiet, self-contained character, where the labor of the land is visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the wide, unpaved shoulders of the roads that disappear into the horizon. Life here proceeds without the frantic pressure of urban sprawl, favoring a slow, deliberate pace that honors the isolation of the Great Basin. Visitors and residents alike are drawn to the Ruby Mountain Ranger District, not for artifice, but for the profound, quiet scale of the wilderness that makes the human presence feel both temporary and deeply integrated into the harsh, beautiful geology of the high desert.

About This Lamoille Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lamoille, Nevada. Coordinates: 40.727983, -115.478393. 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 Lamoille includes the ZIP code (89828), telephone area code (775), county seat of Elko County (Elko), and school district assignment (Elko 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.