Oh for goodness sakes... Look at an atlas and find Rachel, NV, along hwy 375 (the extraterrestrial hwy) in south central NV, north of Las Vegas. Then get a Nevada Road & Recreation Atlas/Gazetteer and find the proper quad. I took the Shadow Road just south east of Rachel, to the Joe Barney Pass road, then the roads are not named, although there are no road signs anywhere anyway even though they are named in the atlas. The Cottonwood (Davis) ranch is marked in the atlas though, just aim for it. Consider it part of the fun ! There are web based topo maps that will give you lat/long as well, if you use gps.
Looks like the wilderness boundary might lie along part of the ridge crest that includes the Quinn Canyon Range high point, but can't be certain based on that low quality map.
Regardless of being in or out of the wilderness boundary, it was a great area to visit.
I mapped out against the map, and it all seems to be north of your area. Note they say the highest point in the wilderness is ~9500'! I want to go there soon, but have been waylaid by kidney stones. Looks like one of the neatest places in southern NV.
oooooh... kidney stones. ouch. i hope you get "passed" those soon. i'm sorry. thats not funny. my brother had kidney stones and evidently it was not fun at all. hope you're over them soon.
the forest service seem split on the elevation tho, at one point defining elevation ranges as - Elevation: 6,725 - 9,403 feet
but then saying - Extreme isolation defines Quinn Canyon, a remote central Nevada wilderness. From the main ridgeline of the area, CRESTING AT MORE THAN 10,000 FEET, many smaller ridges and narrow canyons extend out east and west.
unless that second blurb in the body is remarking on teh entire range itself, not just the confines of the wilderness.
There is a 10181 peak just N of the highpoint, within the wilderness. There is a craggy 10041' peak N of that, within tne wilderness. The 10185' peak (to the S) sits right on the boundary. quinn boundary
cp0915 - Jun 9, 2010 10:08 am - Voted 10/10
ObscurityI love it!
goofball - Jun 9, 2010 8:50 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: No map!Oh for goodness sakes... Look at an atlas and find Rachel, NV, along hwy 375 (the extraterrestrial hwy) in south central NV, north of Las Vegas. Then get a Nevada Road & Recreation Atlas/Gazetteer and find the proper quad. I took the Shadow Road just south east of Rachel, to the Joe Barney Pass road, then the roads are not named, although there are no road signs anywhere anyway even though they are named in the atlas. The Cottonwood (Davis) ranch is marked in the atlas though, just aim for it. Consider it part of the fun ! There are web based topo maps that will give you lat/long as well, if you use gps.
MoapaPk - May 17, 2011 7:25 pm - Voted 10/10
wilderness boundariesThe actual Quinn Canyon Wilderness is to the north! It took me an hour of searching, but I finally found this:
Wilderness Map
You were never in the wilderness, just the Humboldt National Forest!
goofball - May 22, 2011 2:09 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: wilderness boundariesOh no !
Looks like the wilderness boundary might lie along part of the ridge crest that includes the Quinn Canyon Range high point, but can't be certain based on that low quality map.
Regardless of being in or out of the wilderness boundary, it was a great area to visit.
MoapaPk - May 23, 2011 10:05 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: wilderness boundariesI mapped out against the map, and it all seems to be north of your area. Note they say the highest point in the wilderness is ~9500'! I want to go there soon, but have been waylaid by kidney stones. Looks like one of the neatest places in southern NV.
goofball - May 24, 2011 1:02 am - Hasn't voted
Re: wilderness boundariesoooooh... kidney stones. ouch. i hope you get "passed" those soon. i'm sorry. thats not funny. my brother had kidney stones and evidently it was not fun at all. hope you're over them soon.
the forest service seem split on the elevation tho, at one point defining elevation ranges as - Elevation: 6,725 - 9,403 feet
but then saying - Extreme isolation defines Quinn Canyon, a remote central Nevada wilderness. From the main ridgeline of the area, CRESTING AT MORE THAN 10,000 FEET, many smaller ridges and narrow canyons extend out east and west.
unless that second blurb in the body is remarking on teh entire range itself, not just the confines of the wilderness.
MoapaPk - May 16, 2012 7:58 pm - Voted 10/10
resolutionThere is a 10181 peak just N of the highpoint, within the wilderness. There is a craggy 10041' peak N of that, within tne wilderness. The 10185' peak (to the S) sits right on the boundary.
quinn boundary