Basin and Range National Monument
Basin and Range National Monument is a national monument of the United States spanning approximately 704,000 acres of remote, undeveloped mountains and valleys in Lincoln and Nye counties in southeastern Nevada. It is described as "one of the emptiest spaces in a state famous for its emptiness."
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Designation | National Monument |
| Managed by | Bureau of Land Management |
| State | Nevada |
| Size | 708,590 acres |
| National Conservation Lands id | NLCS000604 |
| Center point | 37.93° N, 115.36° W |
| Night sky | Very dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 33) |
Boundary map
Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees
The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.
Weather by month
Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.
Trails
4 named Forest Service trails start or end within 18.8 miles of the center point, 5 miles in all.
| Trail | Miles | Allowed uses |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Spring Trail | 1.9 | |
| Bruno Canyon Trail | 1.9 | |
| North Mine Shaft Trail | 0.9 | |
| Cedar Spring Cutoff | 0.2 |
Lengths and allowed uses come from the Forest Service trail layer by way of Trailhead Atlas. This trail list was copied from Trailhead Atlas on November 1, 2026 and is copied again on each weekly run. Trails in plain text have no page there yet. The radius is the one a circle of this unit’s acreage would have, measured from the center point, so a trail listed here can fall outside the boundary.
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Questions people ask
How big is Basin and Range National Monument?
708,590 acres.
Source: How acreage is computed
Who manages Basin and Range National Monument?
The Bureau of Land Management.
Source: Bureau of Land Management
What state is Basin and Range National Monument in?
Nevada.
Source: How states are assigned
How do I get to Basin and Range National Monument?
A point inside the boundary is at 37.926° N, 115.357° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.
Source: Bureau of Land Management
Sources
- Boundary, name: the BLM National Conservation Lands layer.
- States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
- Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
- Description: Basin and Range National Monument on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
- Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
- Trails: the Trailhead Atlas open-data file of Forest Service trails, matched by trail endpoints falling inside a circle of this unit’s acreage around the center point.
- Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
- Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.