Abandoned Record
About Crystal Springs
Crystal Springs is a ghost town in the Pahranagat Valley region of Lincoln County, Nevada in the United States. The ghost town is located at the junction of State Route 318 and State Route 375 (Extraterrestrial Highway), just northwest of U.S. Route 93.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Crystal Springs, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Crystal Springs is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Crystal Springs
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Caliente sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Caliente sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1970 Hiko sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Timpahute Range sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Crystal Springs
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Nevada index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Crystal Springs": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Crystal Springs, Nevada": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q3006009.
- USGS GNIS 858593.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).