Newark Valley is a north–south trending

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valley in western

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. The valley contains the dry Newark Lake bed, which is approximately by . To the west, the

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border the valley and to the east, various minor mountains separate the Newark from Long Valley. To the north across a relatively low divide lies Huntington and

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valleys.Newark Lake, Nevada 30x60 Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985Mt. Hamilton, Nevada 30x60 Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979

US Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic O ...

crosses the south end of the valley at the north end of the Pancake Range.

Nevada State Route 892 State Route 892 (SR 892) is a state highway in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It follows ''Strawberry Road'' from U.S. Route 50 north along the west side of Newark Valley to a point approximately north of Strawberry, where pavement ...

runs north from US 50 along the west margin of the valley.

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Valleys of Nevada Valleys of White Pine County, Nevada {{WhitePineCountyNV-geo-stub