Mountain City Nevada Map
Explore Mountain City, 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 Mountain City, Nevada
How to Use This Mountain City, Nevada Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain City, 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 Mountain City.
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 | Mountain City |
| State | Nevada (NV) |
| County | Elko County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 41.838514 |
| Longitude | -115.965369 |
| Population | 14 |
| Density | 30.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 89831 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| County Seat | Elko |
| School District | Elko County School District |
About Mountain City, Nevada
Mountain City is a locality in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 14. The population density is 30.7 people per km². Mountain City is located at 41.8385°N, 115.9654°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89831.Mountain City endures as a persistent sliver of settlement where the Owyhee River carves a narrow, persistent path through the rugged terrain of northern Nevada. It lies 70.3 miles north of Elko, NV (from Elko, NV: bearing 351°T), and is situated 91.8 miles west-southwest of Twin Falls. The landscape surrounding Mountain City is defined by the stark, vertical presence of Bear Foot Mountain, which looms a single mile away, and the expansive, sage-dusted reaches of Harris Gulch that cradle the local geography. Within the boundaries of Humboldt National Forest, the atmosphere is thin and crisp, carrying the scent of dry earth and high-altitude brush. At dusk, the light here does not merely fade; it bruises the horizon with deep ochre and violet, illuminating the quiet, jagged edges of the surrounding basin while the air cools with a sudden, sharp clarity that suggests the vast, arid scale of the Great Basin beyond.
Copper mining once drew prospectors to these slopes, leaving behind a quiet legacy of abandoned shafts and the skeletal remains of industry that shaped the early character of Mountain City. Today, the economy relies on a slower, more deliberate rhythm, tethered to the land and the seasonal demands of rural life rather than the frantic pace of the mining booms of the past. Residents often travel toward the waters of Wild Horse Reservoir to find a reprieve from the heat, yet the primary identity of the region remains firmly rooted in the isolation of the high desert. Life here is measured by the steady, predictable flow of the Owyhee River and the resilience required to survive in a climate where the rain shadow of the western peaks leaves the soil thirsty and the seasons distinct.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 002° N · 2.4M acres
- Bruneau River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 058° NE
- Wild Horse Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 148° SE
- Upper Bruneau Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 16.4 mi, 064° NE
- Rough Hills Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.8 mi, 114° SE · 6,506 acres
- Bruneau River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.6 mi, 048° NE · 16k acres
- Jarbidge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.5 mi, 097° E · 111k acres
- Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 25.7 mi, 267° W · 22k acres
- Owyhee River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 28.3 mi, 309° NW · 271k acres
- Owyhee River Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 28.4 mi, 309° NW
- Owyhee River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.4 mi, 310° NW · 24k acres
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station (Historic Ruins) — 42.7 mi, 359° N
- Bruneau Overlook (Viewpoint) — 60.8 mi, 014° N
- Large microwave antennas. (Attraction) — 68.2 mi, 138° SE
- Caterpillar grader (Monument) — 69.5 mi, 171° S
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument (Monument) — 69.6 mi, 171° S
- Basque Sheepherder (Public Artwork) — 69.8 mi, 171° S
- Clover Creek Guard Station (Historic Ruins) — 70.0 mi, 139° SE
- Chilton Centennial Tower (Monument) — 70.3 mi, 171° S
- Balanced Rock (Attraction) — 71.2 mi, 046° NE
- The Elko E (Attraction) — 72.1 mi, 169° S
- Trail of the 49ers Interpretive Center (Museum) — 72.2 mi, 134° SE
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About This Mountain City Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain City, Nevada. Coordinates: 41.838514, -115.965369. 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 Mountain City includes the ZIP code (89831), telephone area code (775), county seat of Elko County (Elko), and school district assignment (Elko 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. |
