Mount Wilson Nevada Map
Explore Mount Wilson, 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 Mount Wilson, Nevada
How to Use This Mount Wilson, Nevada Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Wilson, 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 Mount Wilson.
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 | Mount Wilson |
| State | Nevada (NV) |
| County | Lincoln County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.234993 |
| Longitude | -114.450329 |
| Population | 26 |
| Density | 2.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 89043 |
| Area Code | 702, 725 |
| County Seat | Pioche |
| School District | Lincoln County School District |
About Mount Wilson, Nevada
Mount Wilson is a locality in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 2.2 people per km². Mount Wilson is located at 38.2350°N, 114.4503°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89043.Mount Wilson rises from the high desert floor as a rugged sentinel, defined by the persistent, silver-threaded path of Craw Creek that carves its way through the nearby landscape. It lies 102.0 miles north-northwest of Mesquite, NV (from Mesquite, NV: bearing 348°T), and is situated 93.1 miles north-northwest of St. George. George. The terrain here is dominated by the stark, angular reach of the Wilson Creek Range, which stretches across the horizon to capture the violet light of late afternoon. Just a mile away, the deepening shadows of Water Canyon offer a respite from the relentless sun, while the nearby Parsnip Peak Wilderness Area preserves a wild, undisturbed expanse of juniper and sage. At dusk, the atmosphere thins and cools, turning the rocky soil a muted, bruised shade of copper that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the light has retreated from the valley.
Mount Wilson carries the quiet weight of a landscape shaped by early mining ambitions and the enduring labor of those who sought fortune in the basin’s thin, mineral-rich veins. While the remnants of these endeavors have largely faded into the brush, the local economy remains tied to the rhythms of the land, marked by the steady, slow-moving operations of ranching and the occasional passage of travelers seeking a reprieve from the isolation of the open road. Five miles to the west, the quiet surface of Divide Reservoir serves as a vital, reflective anchor for the surrounding dry plains. Life in Mount Wilson moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, where the sound of the wind through the high-altitude brush is often the only disruption to the profound, expansive silence that defines this corner of the Great Basin.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Parsnip Peak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.3 mi, 135° SE · 43k acres
- Fortification Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.3 mi, 360° N · 31k acres
- Spring Valley State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 137° SE
- Pioche Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 180° S
- White Rock Range Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 21.7 mi, 092° E · 3,764 acres
- Highland Range Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 22.0 mi, 192° S
- Echo Canyon State Park (State Park) — 23.8 mi, 157° SE
- Eagle Point Trailhead (Viewpoint) — 27.9 mi, 176° S
- White River Narrows Archaeological District (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 233° SW
- Basin and Range National Monument (National Monument) — 37.9 mi, 228° SW · 708k acres
- Desert Range Exp. Station Experimental Area (National Forest) — 39.4 mi, 052° NE · 56k acres
- Great Basin National Park (National Park) — 41.3 mi, 013° N · 77k acres
- Dixie National Forest (National Forest) — 45.1 mi, 151° SE · 1.9M acres
- Rock Glacier (Attraction) — 52.8 mi, 008° N
- Bristlecone Pine Trail (Attraction) — 53.5 mi, 008° N
- Amphitheater (Attraction) — 54.2 mi, 008° N
- Mather Plaque (Monument) — 55.1 mi, 010° N
- Baker Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 58.2 mi, 018° N
- Adaven (Historic Ruins) — 62.9 mi, 264° W
- Horns-A-Plenty antler arch (Public Artwork) — 64.4 mi, 004° N
- Walter Ray Memorial (Monument) — 67.7 mi, 175° S
- Ely Art Bank (Gallery) — 73.9 mi, 341° N
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About This Mount Wilson Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Wilson, Nevada. Coordinates: 38.234993, -114.450329. 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 Mount Wilson includes the ZIP code (89043), telephone area code (702, 725), county seat of Lincoln County (Pioche), and school district assignment (Lincoln 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. |
