Desert Southwest Landmarks Atlas

A free atlas of 1544 curated landmarks across the desert Southwest — ghost towns, hot springs, rockhounding sites, petroglyphs, and geologic oddities in Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Open the interactive map, browse every location, or start with a guide.

Featured locations

• Rhyolite
• Belmont
• Berlin Ghost Town
• Delamar
• Goldfield
• Spencer Hot Springs
• Grimes Point Petroglyphs
• Lunar Crater Volcanic Field

Guides

• NEW:Eldorado Canyon: southern Nevada's oldest mining district
• Three multi-day desert routes out of Las Vegas
• Rockhounding southern Nevada: the rock, the rules, and the club
• Beatty: the last full-service stop before Death Valley's east side
• Ghost towns of the Bullfrog district

1544 locations · 5 states · updated 2026-08-27