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Rachel Nevada Map

Explore Rachel, 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 Rachel, Nevada

How to Use This Rachel, Nevada Map

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

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	Rachel
State	Nevada (NV)
County	Lincoln County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.641436
Longitude	-115.768129
Population	48
Density	4.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	89001
Area Code	702, 725
County Seat	Pioche
School District	Lincoln County School District

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About Rachel, Nevada

Rachel is a locality in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 4.3 people per km². Rachel is located at 37.6414°N, 115.7681°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89001.

Rachel exists as a solitary outpost of human endeavor caught in the vast, arid stillness of the high desert. It lies 100.1 miles north of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 8°T), and is situated 106.9 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas. Beyond the reach of any bustling thoroughfare, the horizon stretches flat and unrelenting toward the silhouette of Grants Peak, which looms six miles away like a jagged tooth against the bruising violet of the evening sky. The terrain is defined by the expansive, parched floor of Sand Spring Valley, where the soil is a bleached, alkaline crust that seems to swallow the heat of the day. Sparse sagebrush clings to the earth in stubborn, gray-green clumps, shivering whenever a dry wind scours the plains, while the distant, quiet flow of Cold Springs Wash remains hidden sixteen miles away, a mere suggestion of moisture in a landscape defined by the absence of rain.

Rachel maintains a quiet, singular identity shaped by its proximity to the vast, protected expanses of the Basin and Range National Monument, which sits ten miles to the east. The local economy has long been tethered to the rhythm of the long, lonely highway, drawing travelers who find themselves pulled toward the mystery of the surrounding desert. Life here moves with a deliberate, sparse cadence, unbothered by the frantic pace of the outside world, as the residents watch the light shift across the valley floor in long, amber shadows. There is a profound honesty to the silence of Rachel, a place where the history of the region is written not in monuments, but in the enduring perseverance of those who choose to live where the sky is wide enough to hold the weight of the stars.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Red Flag view spot (Viewpoint) — 7.2 mi, 132° SE
Basin and Range National Monument (National Monument) — 11.6 mi, 046° NE · 708k acres
Worthington Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 12.3 mi, 041° NE · 31k acres
Mount Irish Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 mi, 107° E · 29k acres
The Black Mailbox (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 129° SE
Logan City (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 096° E
South Reveille Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.7 mi, 309° NW · 115k acres
Area 51 Green Pointer (Public Artwork) — 22.5 mi, 138° SE
Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 23.7 mi, 000° N · 2.4M acres
District 51 (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 184° S
F-15C Crash Site (2011) (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 112° E
Desert National Wildlife Refuge Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.4 mi, 177° S · 1.4M acres
Desert National Wildlife Range (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.5 mi, 177° S · 3.0M acres
Old Wildhorse Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 34.9 mi, 278° W
Adaven (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 015° N
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.4 mi, 123° SE · 9,300 acres
RyanHenge (Monument) — 63.1 mi, 137° SE
Toiyabe National Forest (National Forest) — 68.5 mi, 333° NW · 3.9M acres
Beatty Museum & Historical Society (Museum) — 74.6 mi, 227° SW
Pioche Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 74.6 mi, 074° E
Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 74.7 mi, 235° SW · 3.4M acres
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 78.6 mi, 185° S · 322k acres

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