Montello Nevada Map

About Montello, Nevada

Montello is a locality in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 66. The population density is 62.0 people per km². Montello is located at 41.2613°N, 114.1942°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89830.

Montello occupies a wide, arid expanse of the high desert where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the land exposed to the immense, pale blue of the Nevada sky. It lies 81.4 miles east-northeast of Spring Creek, NV (from Spring Creek, NV: bearing 63°T), and is situated 36.6 miles north of West Wendover. Hoppie Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the sagebrush, its bed often dry and silvered by the sun, waiting for the infrequent rains that briefly turn the dust to dark, damp earth. Nine miles to the west, the silhouette of Mineral Mountain rises against the light, its slopes holding the long shadows of late afternoon while the air grows thin and sharp. Beyond the immediate scrub, the distant, craggy ridges marking the edge of Hoppie Canyon offer a sense of scale, reminding any visitor that Montello exists within a vast, silent basin where light shifts across the plains with the slow, deliberate grace of a turning tide.

History in Montello persists in the rusted iron and weathered timber of the rail era, a time when the rhythm of the town was dictated by the steel veins of the track. While the economy has softened from its industrial peak, the quiet labor of the region continues, defined by the rugged endurance of those who work the land and the nearby Elko County Grant Lands. Life moves at the pace of the wind sweeping across the plains, an unhurried existence where the most notable events are the subtle transformations of the landscape—the way the sagebrush turns a deep, bruised violet at dusk or the sudden, cold clarity of the stars once the sun retreats. Twenty miles to the north, the water of 23 Mile Reservoir sits as a still, reflective mirror, a rare gathering of moisture in a dry country that remains the quiet anchor of the local geography.

About This Montello Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Montello, Nevada. Coordinates: 41.261313, -114.194183. 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 Montello includes the ZIP code (89830), 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.