McDermitt Nevada Map
Explore McDermitt, 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 McDermitt, Nevada
How to Use This McDermitt, Nevada Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for McDermitt, 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 McDermitt.
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 | McDermitt |
| State | Nevada (NV) |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 41.997389 |
| Longitude | -117.718198 |
| Population | 124 |
| Density | 30.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 89421 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| County Seat | Winnemucca |
| School District | Humboldt County School District |
About McDermitt, Nevada
McDermitt is a locality in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 30.6 people per km². McDermitt is located at 41.9974°N, 117.7182°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89421.McDermitt emerges from the high desert floor as a sparse arrangement of structures defined by the persistent, arid presence of the Great Basin. It lies 129.4 miles northwest of Elko, NV (from Elko, NV: bearing 309°T), and is situated 70.8 miles north of Winnemucca. Shearing Corral Creek carves a thin, vital line through the earth near the settlement, its waters serving as a quiet tether for the local flora in a landscape otherwise dominated by silver-toned sagebrush and vast, sun-bleached plains. To the horizon, the jagged rise of the Hot Spring Hills breaks the uniformity of the sky, while the distant, shadowed reaches of the Humboldt National Forest provide a dark, forested contrast to the sun-drenched expanse of the valley. The quality of light here is sharp and unrelenting, casting long, violet shadows across the terrain as the day recedes into a cool, star-pricked stillness.
McDermitt bears the marks of a frontier history rooted in the intersection of mining interests and ranching, legacies that continue to influence the pulse of its daily economy. The nearby expanse of Lowry Canyon hints at the geological complexity that once drew prospectors to these remote reaches, leaving behind a quietude that persists in the present day. While the surface of Twomile Reservoir reflects the pale, high-altitude sun, the local rhythm remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of agriculture and the maintenance of a life lived on the margins of the long, lonely highway. McDermitt maintains a character forged in isolation, where the wind carries the dry scent of dust and ancient stone, and the passage of time is measured not by clockwork, but by the slow, seasonal shift of color across the scrub-covered slopes.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 104° E · 2.4M acres
- Cordero (Historic Ruins) — 7.6 mi, 221° SW
- Oregon Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.8 mi, 307° NW · 42k acres
- Upper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 10.9 mi, 057° NE · 62k acres
- West Little Owyhee Designated - Wild River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.2 mi, 052° NE · 13k acres
- Rangeland (State Resource Management Area) — 11.5 mi, 325° NW
- Oregon Canyon Cr - J15 (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.0 mi, 305° NW · 2,348 acres
- Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.5 mi, 180° S · 32k acres
- Falls Creek Falls (Viewpoint) — 34.5 mi, 181° S
- Owyhee River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.8 mi, 083° E · 271k acres
- Borax Hot Springs (Attraction) — 50.8 mi, 297° NW
- Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.2 mi, 270° W · 1.2M acres
- Scotts Dam (Historic Ruins) — 55.3 mi, 007° N
- Alvord Hot Springs (Attraction) — 56.3 mi, 312° NW
- Mickey Hot Springs (Attraction) — 57.0 mi, 326° NW
- Pillars of Rome (Attraction) — 59.5 mi, 002° N
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Monument) — 69.6 mi, 181° S
- F-86 Sabre (Monument) — 69.6 mi, 181° S
- M3 Stuart (Monument) — 69.6 mi, 181° S
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About This McDermitt Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McDermitt, Nevada. Coordinates: 41.997389, -117.718198. 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 McDermitt includes the ZIP code (89421), telephone area code (775), county seat of Humboldt County (Winnemucca), and school district assignment (Humboldt County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
