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Preston Nevada Map

Explore Preston, 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 Preston, Nevada

How to Use This Preston, Nevada Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Preston, 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 Preston.

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	Preston
State	Nevada (NV)
County	White Pine County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.913553
Longitude	-115.060573
Population	76
Density	22.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	89317
Area Code	702, 725
County Seat	Ely
School District	White Pine County School District

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About Preston, Nevada

Preston is a locality in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 22.7 people per km². Preston is located at 38.9136°N, 115.0606°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89317.

Preston holds the high, arid stillness of the Great Basin, where the earth is a muted palette of alkali white and sagebrush gray. It lies 128.3 miles south-southeast of Spring Creek, NV (from Spring Creek, NV: bearing 167°T), and is situated 24.8 miles south-southwest of Ely. The landscape surrounding Preston unfolds as a vast, sun-bleached expanse, punctuated by the sharp, solitary silhouette of Windous Butte rising six miles to the west. A mile away, the White River carves a narrow, verdant artery through the dust, offering a thin ribbon of moisture that defies the parched intensity of the Nevada sky. The air here carries a crystalline quality at dusk, turning the horizon into a bruised purple, while the rugged, untamed terrain of the South Egan Range Wilderness Area looms six miles out, marking the boundary where the flat plains begin their slow, stubborn ascent into the wilder reaches of the high desert.

Preston remains defined by a quiet, agrarian perseverance, its history written in the patient labor of those who coaxed life from the alkaline soil long before the modern era. The economy stays rooted in the rhythms of the land, tethered to the seasonal demands of ranching and the slow, deliberate work of irrigation that sustains life in The Cove. Life in Preston moves with the unhurried gravity of a place that understands its own isolation, far from the neon hum of distant urban centers. Residents often look toward the regional geography for their sense of place, perhaps noting the twenty-one-mile stretch of dry scrub that separates them from the waters of Comins Lake. There is a profound, singular beauty in the way the morning light catches the dust motes above the valley floor, illuminating a life that is sparse, disciplined, and deeply attuned to the relentless cycle of the high desert sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Egan Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.0 mi, 099° E · 67k acres
White River Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.2 mi, 195° S
Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 9.8 mi, 270° W · 2.4M acres
Red Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.3 mi, 265° W · 21k acres
Steptoe Valley Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.5 mi, 045° NE
Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 23.1 mi, 223° SW · 59k acres
Ely Art Bank (Gallery) — 24.8 mi, 021° N
Ely Renaissance Village (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 021° N
Cave Lake State Park (State Park) — 25.2 mi, 044° NE
Riordan's Well Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 25.8 mi, 215° SW · 57k acres
Great Basin National Park (National Park) — 38.1 mi, 084° E · 77k acres
Florio Outrider Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 40.5 mi, 275° W
Rock Glacier (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 082° E
Johnson Lake Outlook (Viewpoint) — 40.9 mi, 087° E
Bristlecone Pine Trail (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 081° E
Amphitheater (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 080° E
Horns-A-Plenty antler arch (Public Artwork) — 41.3 mi, 065° NE
Basin and Range National Monument (National Monument) — 42.3 mi, 202° S · 708k acres
Mather Plaque (Monument) — 42.9 mi, 080° E
Collins Hotel (Historic Ruins) — 47.6 mi, 280° W
Toiyabe National Forest (National Forest) — 62.6 mi, 255° W · 3.9M acres
Pioche Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 75.1 mi, 154° SE

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