The Goshute Valley is an endorheic landform of the Great Basin in Elko County , Nevada , United States.
4-497: The towns of Oasis and Cobre are in the valley's north, and the central and north of the valley contains broken flatlands, with short washes draining from the surrounding mountain ranges. Interstate 80 crosses the valley and has a junction with State Route 233 at Oasis. The Nevada Northern Railway traverses the valley north from Ely and intersects the Western Pacific Railroad at Shafter and continues on north to
8-612: A connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Cobre. The southern 25 mi (40 km) of the valley turns southwest and includes the northeast-flowing Nelson Creek which drains into a flatland sink . Currie is in the Steptoe Valley to the southwest end of the Goshute Valley adjacent a drainage divide between the north flowing Nelson Creek and the south flowing drainage into the intermittent Goshute Lake near
12-674: The Utah border and 77 miles (124 km) east of Elko . As of the 2008 American Community Survey it had a population of 34. As of 2020, Oasis had a population of just four. Oasis is a high desert community located in the Goshute Valley between the Pequop Mountains and the Toano Range at an elevation of approximately 5,870 feet (1,790 m). Oasis is named for the Oasis Ranch, which in
16-594: The ghost town of Goshute. The Goshute Canyon Wilderness lies to the southwest in White Pine County . The Goshute Valley includes the largest of the Nevada salt desert ecoregions. [REDACTED] Media related to Goshute Valley at Wikimedia Commons Oasis, Nevada Oasis is a census-designated place (CDP) located in eastern Elko County , Nevada , United States, at the junction of State Route 233 and Interstate 80 , 31 miles (50 km) northwest of
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