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Geotripping in Nevada

 

You can visit exciting places without going far from home. Click on links below and start
planning your next adventure!

Signup! Earth Science Week Field Trip, October 20 or 21, 2012

Earth Science Week 2010

Earth Science Week Website

Earth Science Week field trips (Educational Series)

E28 - Ancient Lakes and Volcanoes near Fallon
E33 - Turbulent Times in the Truckee Meadows (.pdf)
E34 - What's Shakin' in the Neighborhood? (.pdf)
E37 - Geology along America's Loneliest Highway (.pdf)
E38 - Exploring East of the Summit (.pdf)
E39 - Peavine Peak - Geology, Plants, and Mining History (.pdf)
E40 - Fossils and Ancient Lakes (.pdf)
E41 - In Search of the Right Tuff (.pdf)
E42 - Get Out, Stay Out, and Stay Alive! (.pdf)
E43 - The Frenchman Lake Frolic (.pdf)
E44 - The Great Highway 50 Rock Tour (.pdf)
E45 - Rockin' Along the River (.pdf)
E46 - Taking the Pulse of the Earth (.pdf)
E47 - No Child Left Inside (.pdf)
E48 - Digging Deeper into the Comstock (.pdf)
E50 - In Search of Tufa, Tuff, and Tough Rocks (.pdf)
E51 - Life's a Beach: Ancient Lakes and Volcanoes in the Grimes Point and Lahontan Mountains Area (.pdf)
E52 - Tuff All Over: Exploring Faulted Volcanic Terrain in the Painted Hills, Virginia Mountains, West of Pyramid Lake (.pdf)

 
   

EarthCache trips…with your GPS unit

EC1 - Black Rock Lava Flow
EC2 - Cinder Cone in Clayton Valley
EC3 - Easy Chair Crater
EC4 - Kate Peak Lahar Deposit
EC5 - “Nice” (gneiss) Rocks at Island Lake on the side of Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains, Elko Co, NV
EC6 - McClellan Peak Basalt at Mustang
EC7 - Moon Rocks
EC8 - Project Faultless
EC9 - The Mogul Landslide
EC10 - Ventifact Ridge
EC11 - Volcanic and Sedimentary Rocks of the Monte Cristo Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada
EC12 - Warm Springs Mountain Dike Swarm

Earth Cache trips
   

Geologic and natural history guidebooks…and more

SP16 - Geologic Tours in the Las Vegas Area: Expanded Edition with GPS Coordinates
SP19 - Geologic and Natural History Tours in the Reno Area:Expanded Edition
SP26 - Traveling America’s Loneliest Road: A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada along U.S. Hwy 50
SP29 - Rocks, Gemstones, Minerals, and Fossils in Nevada
SP35 – A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada and Arizona along U.S. Highway 93 with GPS Coordinates

Geotripping

 

Links to caching information
GeoCache
Waymarking
EarthCache

Topographic maps for your trip
Purchase paper topographic maps


Sources for online topographic maps:
http://store.usgs.gov (Map Locator)
http://keck.library.unr.edu/data/drg/drgs.html

While you are out geotripping, stop by GBSSRL and harvest a geologic speciman from the rock garden!

For more information: http://www.nbmg.unr.edu, (775) 682-8766