| Antelope Valley (Eureka County) | |
| Valley | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Nevada |
| Region | (central-west)-Great Basin) |
| District | Eureka County |
| Borders on | Monitor Range-W Kobeh Valley-N Mountain Boy Range-NE Fish Creek Range-E Antelope Range-S & SE |
| City | Eureka, NV |
| River | Antelope Wash |
| Coordinates | |
| Highest point | Lone Mountain (center-extreme north) |
| - location | Antelope Valley (endorheic, north valley) |
| - elevation | 7,936 ft (2,419 m) |
| - coordinates | |
| Lowest point | Antelope Wash (north valley-endorheic) |
| Length | 35 mi (56 km), N-S |
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Antelope Valley (Eureka County)
in Nevada |
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The Antelope Valley of southern Eureka County is a small 35 mi (56 km) long[1] valley, surrounded by four mountain ranges. Antelope Wash flows north, to endorheic flatlands at the valley's north end. Eureka, Nevada lies 20 mi east nestled among mountain ranges. From Eureka U.S. Route 50 travels west through the north end of the valley on a route to Austin.
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Antelope Valley is about 35 mi long, north-south trending, and lays at the northeast foothills of the extensive north-south Monitor Range. The southeast of the valley lays at the northern foothills of the Antelope Range; here Fenstermaker Wash flows northwest to meet the north-flowing Antelope Wash in the valley's center. Across Fenstermaker Wash northeast are the small Fish Creek and Mountain Boy Ranges.
Antelope Wash flows north to end at flatlands at the valley's north. Numerous smaller washes drain the surrounding high to medium height mountain ranges. The valley's north is terminated by a highpoint in the valley's center, separating it from Kobeh Valley to the north. Lone Mountain, 7,936 feet (2,419 m)[1], about 2.5 mi in diameter, creates a water divide from the northwest and east, and making the endorheic flatlands where washes drain from the south-(Antelope Wash), southwest, and northwest.
Hot Springs Ranch-Kitchen Meadow
Lone Mountain
Antelope Valley
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