Tonopah Nevada Map
Explore Tonopah, 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 Tonopah, Nevada
How to Use This Tonopah, Nevada Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tonopah, 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 Tonopah.
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 | Tonopah |
| State | Nevada (NV) |
| County | Nye County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.08216 |
| Longitude | -117.224586 |
| Population | 2,179 |
| Density | 90.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 89049 |
| Area Code | 702, 725 |
| County Seat | Tonopah |
| School District | Nye County School District |
About Tonopah, Nevada
Tonopah is a locality in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,179. The population density is 90.9 people per km². Tonopah is located at 38.0822°N, 117.2246°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89049.Tonopah rises from the high desert floor like a scattering of weathered quartz against the vast, unrelenting expanse of the Great Basin. It lies 145.6 miles north-northwest of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 332°T), and is situated 99.3 miles east-northeast of Mammoth Lakes. The landscape is defined by the sharp, arid clarity of the light, which renders the distant Southern Klondyke Hills into jagged silhouettes of violet and slate against the horizon. Below the town’s ridgeline, the environment remains stark and unforgiving, where the dry bed of Slime Wash traces a faint, pale scar through the sagebrush. Even here, the reach of Toiyabe National Forest brings a subtle resilience to the terrain, offering a quiet contrast to the dusty, sun-bleached plains that stretch toward the shimmering heat of Springdale Canyon.
Tonopah anchors its identity in the deep, subterranean echoes of the silver boom that once drew prospectors across the desolate expanse of the Tonopah Stage Route. The economy, long tethered to the extraction of precious metals, now hums with the steady rhythm of geothermal energy and the persistent, solitary work of those who prefer the quietude of the basin. Life here moves with a deliberate, slow-turning gravity, distinct from the neon hum of more crowded corridors, where the nights are so profoundly dark that the stars seem to press close against the roofline. Residents move through their days with the pragmatic grace of people accustomed to the isolation, often looking toward the horizon to gauge the weather as it rolls in from the high country, far removed from the cooling influence of Millers Pond or any distant, wetter lands.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Toiyabe National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 194° S · 3.9M acres
- BLM Ground (Viewpoint) — 2.6 mi, 114° SE
- Goldfield Subway Stations (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 181° S
- International Car Forest (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 181° S
- Reed's Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 28.2 mi, 114° SE
- Blair (Historic Ruins) — 30.5 mi, 229° SW
- Bald Mountain Wash Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 34.1 mi, 023° NE
- Rawhide Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 35.8 mi, 073° E · 64k acres
- Kawich Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 36.4 mi, 106° E · 69k acres
- Stonewall Fall (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 167° S
- Arc Dome Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.5 mi, 349° N · 120k acres
- Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 52.6 mi, 249° W · 2.0M acres
- Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 56.4 mi, 206° SW · 3.4M acres
- Death Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 56.4 mi, 206° SW · 3.2M acres
- Cottonwood Creek, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 60.2 mi, 225° SW · 5,407 acres
- Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Protection Area (National) (National Conservation Area) — 63.5 mi, 232° SW · 32k acres
- Lunar Crater (Attraction) — 68.6 mi, 066° NE
- Petroglyphs (Monument) — 76.5 mi, 278° W
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About This Tonopah Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tonopah, Nevada. Coordinates: 38.08216, -117.224586. 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 Tonopah includes the ZIP code (89049), telephone area code (702, 725), county seat of Nye County (Tonopah), and school district assignment (Nye 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. |
