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This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general.
[[File:Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Map 508 0.png|thumb|150px|left|Ormat Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Map from December 2021. See [[Gerlach Geothermal Development Project]].]]
 
This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general.  


It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it.
It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it.
To get a wiki account, please email [mailto:cxbrooks@gmail.com Christopher Brooks].


<strong>For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.</strong>
<strong>For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.</strong>
== Active pages==
* [[Mountain View Exploration Project]]
* [[Gerlach Geothermal Development Project]]
* [[Jackalope Bay]]
* [[Renaming offensive placenames]]
* [[Satellite]] - get recent satellite images
* [[Water Rights]]


== Index ==
== Index ==
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* [[Hydrography]]
* [[Hydrography]]
* [[Insects]]
* [[Insects]]
* [[Employment]]
* [[Land Management]]
* [[Links]]
* [[Links]]
* [[Lodging]]
* [[Lodging]]
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** [[Aeropac]]
** [[Aeropac]]
** [[Black Rock City Department of Public Works]]
** [[Black Rock City Department of Public Works]]
** [[BLM Volunteer]]
** [[Bureau of Land Management]]
** [[Desert Research Insitute]]
** [[Desert Research Insitute]]
** [[Desert Survivors]]
** [[Desert Survivors]]
** [[Earth Guardians]]
** [[Earth Guardians]]
** [[Friends of Black Rock High Rock]]
** [[Friends of Black Rock-High Rock]]
** [[Friends of Nevada Wilderness]]
** [[Friends of Nevada Wilderness]]
** [[Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board]]
** [[Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board]]
** [[Gerlach General Improvement District | Gerlach General Improvement District (GGID)]]
** [[Gerlach Senior Citizens Center]]
** [[Gerlach Senior Citizens Center]]
** [[Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department]]
** [[Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department]]
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** [[Charles Carter]]
** [[Charles Carter]]
** [[Mike Daggett]]
** [[Mike Daggett]]
** [[Clyde Fisk]]
** [[John C. Fremont]]
** [[John C. Fremont]]
** [[Louis Gerlach]]
** [[Louis Gerlach]]
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** [[Duck Flat]]
** [[Duck Flat]]
** [[Garrett Ranch]]
** [[Garrett Ranch]]
** [[Gerlach Cemetary]]
** [[Gerlach Cemetery]]
** [[Granite Ranch]]
** [[Granite Ranch]]
** [[Guru Road]]
** [[Guru Road]]
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** [[Petrified Forest]]
** [[Petrified Forest]]
** [[Pyramid Lake]]
** [[Pyramid Lake]]
** [[Sheldon-Hart NWR]]
** [[Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]]
** [[Smoke Creek Desert]]
** [[Smoke Creek Desert]]
** [[Soldier Meadows]]
** [[Soldier Meadows]]
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** [[Black Rock Range]]
** [[Black Rock Range]]
** [[Buffalo Hills]]
** [[Buffalo Hills]]
** [[Calico Range]]
** [[Calico Hills]]
** [[Division Range]]
** [[Division Range]]
** [[Fox Range]]
** [[Fox Range]]
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** [[Little High Rock Mountains]]
** [[Little High Rock Mountains]]
** [[Massacre Range]]
** [[Massacre Range]]
** [[Selenite Range]]
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* [[Springs]]
* [[Springs]]
** [[Black Rock Springs]]
** [[Black Rock Springs]]
** [["Coyote Springs"]]
** [[Coyote Spring]]
** [[Double Hot Springs]]
** [[Double Hot Springs]]
** [[Fly Ranch]]
** [[Fly Ranch]]
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* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]


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[[File:BlackRockDesert2017-09-01ShowingTohakum2Fire.png|thumb|150px|left|The Tohakum2 fire is shown in this satellite image from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ dated September 1, 2017. In this image, the burn scar can be seen running north east from Pyramid Lake, crossing highway 447 and the Selenite Range. See [[Satellite]] for how to get recent images]]

Revision as of 22:24, 27 March 2022

Ormat Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Map from December 2021. See Gerlach Geothermal Development Project.

This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general.

It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it.

To get a wiki account, please email Christopher Brooks.

For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.

Active pages

Index





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The Tohakum2 fire is shown in this satellite image from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ dated September 1, 2017. In this image, the burn scar can be seen running north east from Pyramid Lake, crossing highway 447 and the Selenite Range. See Satellite for how to get recent images