Old Camp – Populated Place in Esmeralda, Nevada

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 845928

Location

State Nevada

County Esmeralda

Feature Class Populated Place

Coordinates

DMS

37°15'30"N 117°19'29"W

Decimal Degrees

37.2582627, -117.3247962

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Gold Point

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Tokop

4.6 mi NE

Also Known As

Gold Mountain Oriental

Hydrography

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Description

10 mi S of Gold Point

History

Thomas Shaw found gold here in 1864, town started in 1871

Nearby Features

Gold Mountain Peak Summit · 1.1 mi ESE
Gold Mountain Summit · 1.1 mi ESE
Willow Spring Spring · 1.3 mi SSE
Hanging Mesa Summit · 2.3 mi ENE
Tokop Populated Place · 4.6 mi NE
Hells Gate Gap · 4.9 mi ENE
Gold Mountain Range Range · 4.9 mi S
Stateline Populated Place · 5.2 mi WNW
Slate Ridge Ridge · 5.7 mi NNE
Mount Dunfee Summit · 5.8 mi N

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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