Sandy Valley North Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.93 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,709 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 121 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,275 ft
- TrailRank
-
40
4.7
- Min elevation
- 2,687 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 456
- Uploaded
- August 10, 2013
near Sandy Valley, Nevada (United States)
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Itinerary description
Sandy Valley North Trail originates at the north end of the town of Sandy Valley. It is a wide gravel road that carries a lot of heavy traffic from Las Vegas to Sandy Valley.
The road is a wide fast straight road that offers a beautiful view of the desert and surrounding mountains. There are a few side roads that offer unusual glimpses of the desert with no chance of getting lost. There is no fuel available in Sandy Valley.
The road is a wide fast straight road that offers a beautiful view of the desert and surrounding mountains. There are a few side roads that offer unusual glimpses of the desert with no chance of getting lost. There is no fuel available in Sandy Valley.
Waypoints
Intersection
2,838 ft
Tuskegee St/Pahrump Road
This is the point on the trail where the name of the road changes from Tuskegee Road to Pahrump Road. It's an intersection.
Waypoint
2,713 ft
Sandhill Spring
The mounds of sand that you see primarily on the Northeast side of the road were fresh water springs that trickled up through the desert and left behind the sand.
Summit
5,682 ft
Wilson Ridge
Waypoint
3,980 ft
Pahrump Valley Road
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Easy to follow
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Easy
Rode this trail in the middle of July 2015. As Nick says, it is wide and fast and easy to follow. I started on the Mountain Springs side and went South, through Sandy Valley, up to Good Springs, East to Jean and North back to Vegas. About a 2.5 hour loop from my house in the middle of Henderson. There is a 24 hour saloon in Sandy Valley and the Pioneer Saloon in Good Springs if you are into that sort of thing. :-)