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The Steptoe Valley is a long basin located in White Pine County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. From the historic community of Currie, the valley runs south for approximately 100 miles (160 km). To the west are the high Egan Range and the Cherry Creek Range, while to the east is the even higher Schell Creek Range. U.S. Route 93 passes through much of the northern section of the valley, past the historic mining town of Cherry Creek and the communities of McGill and Ely, before crossing the Schell Creek Range at Connors Pass. Also found in this valley are the Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, the Steptoe Valley Wildlife Management Area, and Cave Lake State Park. At Egan Canyon and Schellbourne Pass, the Overland Stage Line and the subsequent Pony Express and Transcontinental Telegraph made their way through the mountains of central Nevada in the 1860s.
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Pleasant Valley, is a valley in two counties in two states adjacent states, White Pine County, Nevada and Juab County, Utah. Its mouth is located at an elevation of 5,682 feet in Utah. Its head is at 39°44′09″N114°09′53″W at an elevation of 6,965 feet in Nevada. It lies between the Kern Mountains on the south, and South Mountains to the northwest and the Deep Creek Range on the north.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave Valley (Nevada)
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 43.
36°36′49″N114°40′51″W / 36.61361°N 114.68083°W
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