Cottonwood Spring, located at

Blue Diamond, Nevada Blue Diamond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 268 at the 2020 census. Description The community includes a park, private pool, library, elementary school, event hall, church, and me ...

, (formerly known as Ojo de Cayetana, or Pearl Spring), was a watering place and camp site on the Old Spanish Trail and then later on the

Mormon Road Mormon Road, also known to the 49ers as the Southern Route, of the California Trail in the Western United States, was a seasonal wagon road pioneered by a Mormon party from Salt Lake City, Utah led by Jefferson Hunt, that followed the route of S ...

between Mountain Springs and

Las Vegas Springs The Las Vegas Springs or Big Springs is the site of a natural oasis, known traditionally as a cienega. For more than 15,000 years, springs broke through the desert floor, creating grassy meadows (called ''las vegas'' by Spanish New-Mexican explo ...

. The springs are located on a hillside south of the town at at an elevation of 3409 feet.

References

Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Mormon Road Bodies of water of Clark County, Nevada Springs of Nevada {{ClarkCountyNV-geo-stub