Every Lake
Nevada
More named mountain ranges than any other state, all of them running north and south.
Nevada in relief
The land itself, cut in six steps of birch from the lowlands to the high ground — the cities starred, the summit and rise on the title block. No counties, no roads: just the shape of Nevada.
About Nevada
Nevada is a rectangle with a diagonal cut off the southeast corner, where the Colorado River takes over the border. Nearly all of it lies in the Great Basin, a stretch of country whose water never reaches the sea: more than 300 mountain ranges run north-south in parallel lines with dry valleys between them, the pattern people call basin and range. The Sierra Nevada walls the western edge and takes the state's share of Lake Tahoe with it, and the Humboldt River is the only long stream, the one the wagon trains followed. Sixteen counties plus Carson City, which is its own consolidated municipality.
Nevada entered on October 31, 1864 as the 36th state — rushed through during the Civil War with the Comstock Lode's silver behind it, which is why the flag still says Battle Born. Carson City, at the foot of the Sierra on the old emigrant route, has been the capital since territorial days. The map is worth hanging for its emptiness as much as its cities: US-50 across the middle earned the name the Loneliest Road in America, and I-80 follows the Humboldt corridor west.
- Six layers of birch — the land in elevation steps
- The summit and total rise on the title block
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A double rule engraved around the edge
- Every county line and the state border
- The interstates with their shields — 5 on this board
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A mile ruler engraved around the frame
