Eldorado Valley

Eldorado Valley
View south of Eldorado Valley's center & north;
(Highland Range, (center photo) on valley's southwest perimeter; playa visible, ~5-mi)
Eldorado Valley is located in Nevada
Eldorado Valley
Eldorado Valley
Eldorado Valley (north at Eldorado Dry Lake)
in Nevada
Length35 mi (56 km)
Width18 mi (29 km)
Geography
LocationNevada, United States
(southeast)-Mojave Desert
(central-southeast)-Great Basin
Population centersBoulder City, NV-NE
Searchlight, NV-(south)
Henderson, NV-NW
Borders onMcCullough Range-W
River Mountains-NNE
Eldorado Mountains-E
Piute Valley-S
Highland Range-SSW
Coordinates35°52.211′N 114°55.975′W / 35.870183°N 114.932917°W / 35.870183; -114.932917

Eldorado Valley, or El Dorado Valley, is a Great Basin valley in the Mojave Desert southeast of Las Vegas and southwest of Boulder City, Nevada. The valley is endorheic, containing the Eldorado Dry Lake. The Great Basin Divide, transects ridgelines and saddles, on the north, northeast, east, and south around the valley, as the valley sits on the east of the McCullough Range, a Great Basin massif, on the Great Basin Divide at its north terminus and its south terminus. Much of the valley is protected as part of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.