Eastern Mojave Vegetation Nevada Highway 264  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  Nevada Highway 264 goes south from U. S. Highway 6 through the Fish Lake Valley to California Highway 266 near Oasis.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   at NV State Route 264;  

Junction: U. S. Highway 6.
  The portion of Nevada State Route 264 from here south is known as the "Dicalite Cutoff."

Literature Cited:
- Lee, J., Stockli, D., Schroeder, J., Tincher, C., Bradley, D., Owen, L., Gosse, J., Finkel, R., and Garwood, J., 2006.  

About 1 mile south of US Highway 6, and at the top of the hill to the west, is Field Trip Stop 6: Central Segment of Coaldale Fault of Lee, et al., 2006.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  26 May 2004;

Locations: Fish Lake Valley.  

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Fish Lake Valley from the north.

Locations: Volcanic Hills.  

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Volcanic Hills from Highway 264.
View of the Volcanic Hills northeast of Nevada State Route 264.

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Outcrop of Esmeralda Formation in northern Fish Lake Valley
 

View of the Esmeralda Formation cropping out just south of Nevada State Route 773.

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Location that Bailey's Greasewood was found.
 

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Bailey's Greasewood (Sarcobatus baileyi) in northern Fish Lake Valley.
Bailey's Greasewood (Sarcobatus baileyi) on a basalt flow in northern Fish Lake Valley.
  The portion of Nevada State Route 264 from here north is known as the "Dicalite Cutoff."

Other articles:
• NV Hwy 773:  50000;  

Junction: Nevada Highway 773.

Other articles:
• Coyote Road:  10000;  

Junction: No Name Road to The Crossing.

 

   

Fish Lake Valley

 

 

 

Locations: Dyer.  

Dyer

 

Literature Cited:
- Frankel, Kurt L., et al., 2008.

Other articles:
• Furnace Creek Road:   at NV SR 264;  

Junction: Furnace Creek Road

Other articles:
• CA Hwy 266:  10000;  

Junction: California Highway 266, south to Oasis and California Highway 168.
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Date and time this article was prepared: 8/1/2026 3:11:11 PM