Corn Creek is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Clark County,

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. The community is located along the former

Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad was a railroad built by William A. Clark that ran northwest from a connection with the mainline of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad at Las Vegas, Nevada to the gold mines at Goldfield. The SPLA ...

where it had a station. It is approximately 7.5 miles from the

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city limits by road and is situated south of the

Desert National Wildlife Refuge The Desert National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in northwestern Clark and southwestern Lincoln counties, with much of its land area lying w ...

border and bordered to the west, south, and east with the

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The monument is administered by the National Park Servic ...

. Corn Creek is an

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community, relying on power from

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s and

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Geography

Corn creek springs at desert national wildlife refuge

Corn Creek lies on the

Las Vegas Wash Las Vegas Wash is a 12-mile-long channel (an Arroyo (creek), "arroyo" or "wash") which feeds most of the Las Vegas Valley's excess water into Lake Mead. The wash is sometimes called an ''urban river'', and it exists in its present capacity because ...

at an elevation of . Visible in the east are the

Sheep Range The Sheep Range is located north of Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. It is found in both Clark and Lincoln Counties in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. The mountains reach a peak at Hayford Peak, above sea level between the Las Vegas ...

and Fossil Ridge, Castle Rock, and

Gass Peak Gass Peak is the highest peak in the Las Vegas Range of Southern Nevada with a summit of 6,937 feet (2,114 m). It is easily seen to the north of the Las Vegas Valley, bordering the city of North Las Vegas. The peak is located about 20 miles (32&nb ...

of the

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. To the west are the

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Climate

Corn Creek has a cool

desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

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''BWk'').

Recreation

To the northeast up Corn Creek Road is

Corn Creek Campsite Corn Creek Campsite is located in the Desert National Wildlife Range and was used from around 1900–1924 for ranching and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Nearby is Mormon Well Spring another listed historic ...

and the

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and

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. Trails and

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s from the visitor center provide access to the Sheep Range and Las Vegas Range and

located further south closer to Las Vegas.

Corn Creek Road

Corn Creek Road is a roughly 4-mile paved road that provides access to the community via Landy Street and the DNWR visitor center and Corn Creek Campsite from

U.S. Route 95 US Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highways, US Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland from the Pacific Coast ...

. The road has a 45 mph speed limit. The western half is located in the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and the eastern half in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. At the end of the road, Alamo Road and Mormon Well Road are accessible as well as Gass Peak Road which spurs off Mormon Well Road further into the wildlife refuge. File:Corn Creek Road-looking east toward Corn Creek 11-20-15 USFWS Dan Balduini (22789666099).jpg, Corn Creek Road looking east near U.S. Route 95 File:Corn Creek Road-Looking west toward US95 USFWS Dan Balduini (23131539196).jpg, Corn Creek Road looking west near Landy Street File:Corn Creek Road-Looking back west toward Visitor Center 11-20-15 USFWS Dan Balduini (23193540831).jpg, Corn Creek Road looking west near the visitor center File:Eastern End of Corn Creek Road at Alamo Road 11-20-15 USFWS Dan Balduini (22763485697).jpg, Eastern end of Corn Creek Road at its junction with Alamo Road

Geography

Climate

Recreation

Corn Creek Road

References

Further reading