When most people think of Nevada, they picture seas of sagebrush or glittering casinos rising out of the desert. It's true: Nevada has those things - but if you look just a little deeper into the ...

Nevada may not have a lot of water, but the importance of its elusive groundwater aquifers is best understood at the surface. Many hot springs dot the Silver State and its surrounding desert, offering ...

Nevada is home to more than 300 naturally occurring hot springs, the most found in the U.S. While some are too hot to enjoy, if you know the right spot, a day of soaking and relaxation is as easy as a ...

I first heard about the Nevada hot springs from a fellow hiker I met on a trip to Utah. She rattled off names like Spencer and Ruby Valley, and her eyes lit up when she described the desert air mixing ...

A few miles south of the Oregon border, in a seldom-visited part of Nevada, a stream of hot water gurgles up from the ground. The water flows across the desert floor for a mile before it collects in a ...

Guy Rocha is the former Nevada state archivist. Information in this article was originally published in the Reno Gazette Journal in August 2002 and October 2005. A longstanding belief is that Walley's ...