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Pyramid Lake is the biggest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, the inland sea that once covered much of western Nevada. [2] It is approximately 27 miles (43 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide, with a perimeter of 71 miles (114 km), covering 112,000 acres (45,000 ha) acres entirely enclosed within the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation .
In October 2016, under the Nevada Native Nations Land Act, the Pyramid Lake Tribe was one of six federally recognized tribes in Nevada to have additional lands put into trust for their reservations. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is to receive approximately 6,357 acres (25.7 km 2) of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. Gaming is prohibited on ...
The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada.The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [3] [6] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin.
State Route 445 (SR 445) is a 41.890-mile-long (67.415 km) state highway in Washoe County, Nevada. The route follows Pyramid Way, a major thoroughfare in the city of Sparks, and connects the Reno metropolitan area to Pyramid Lake. The route is designated a Nevada Scenic Byway.
Anaho Island is a little more than 1 mile (1.6 km) long from north to south, and also from east to west at its widest point. It covers 634.43 acres (2.567 km 2).. The island is located in the southeastern section of the lake, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the community of Sutcliffe.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Papoose Lake; Pyramid Lake (Nevada) R. Roach Lake; Robinson Lake ...
Pyramid Lake (Nevada) W. Walker Lake (Nevada) Winnemucca Lake This page was last edited on 18 December 2024, at 01:37 (UTC). ...
The Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge on Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake, Nevada. [1] The refuge was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 as a sanctuary for colonial nesting birds. It is home to one of the two largest colonies of pelicans—American white pelicans—in the western U.S.