Nevada

Bitter Spring Valley

Floor495 m1,624 ft

Depth: 301 m
Rim: 860 m
Length: 9.2 km
Tonight: 55°FFair · Wind 3–8 mph NNW

Bitter Spring Valley is up to 301 m deep: the rim reaches 860 m and the floor 495 m, along 9.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 495 m

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Depth

Depth of Bitter Spring Valley

Up to 301 m deep (typically 220 m) along the 9.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Bitter Spring Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bitter Spring Valley terrain and contours

25 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bitter Spring Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Bitter Spring Valley weather

Tonight · Fair · 55°F (13°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 3–8 mph NNW

Bitter Spring Valley forecast for about 596 m.

Tonight55°2%3–8 mph NNW
Sat55°74°2%6–15 mph N
Sun55°73°–5 mph N
Mon57°75°–3 mph NNE
Tue57°77°–3 mph SE
Wed58°76°3%3 mph E
Thu58°75°15%1–5 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 75% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

74.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

18.7%

Steep, 30–45°

5.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 6.8% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 628 m low point 444 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 92.2%Shrubland 6.6%Grassland 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 216 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Las Vegas Bear-poppy80
Silverleaf Sunray75
Johnson's Beehive Cactus62
Beavertail Pricklypear60
Silver Cholla46
Creosote Bush42

Where it sits

Where Bitter Spring Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Sitgreaves Pass1,093 m138 km S

Downloads

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JPGBitter Spring Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-02.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia