Nevada Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Nevada for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 3 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Nevada map
Every picture sits at its real location in Nevada, with a one-line fact beside it. Carson City, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Lake Tahoe: This deep alpine lake is famous for clear water.
- Great Basin National Park: This park is home to ancient bristlecone pines.
- Valley of Fire: This park features bright red rock formations.
- Humboldt River: This river flows west and disappears into a sink.
- Hoover Dam: This massive concrete dam was completed in 1936.
- Nevada Northern Railway: This historic railway has operated since 1905.
- Tule Duck Decoy: Ancient tribes made these decoys from reeds.
- Virginia City: This boomtown grew rapidly during the silver rush.
What Nevada makes and grows
- Gold Mining: Nevada produces most of the gold mined in the US.
- Silver Mining: Silver found in 1900 made Tonopah a boomtown.
- Geothermal Power: Nevada uses underground heat to make electricity.
State symbols
- Mountain Bluebird: This blue-feathered bird eats insects and seeds.
- Sagebrush: This gray-green shrub grows across the state.
- Single-leaf Pinyon: This pine produces edible nuts harvested by tribes.
- Desert Bighorn Sheep: This sheep can survive for days without water.
- Desert Tortoise: This reptile lives in burrows to stay cool.
Nevada key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Silver State
- Capital
- Carson City
- Largest city
- Las Vegas
- Became a state
- October 31, 1864 (36th)
- State bird
- Mountain Bluebird
- State flower
- Sagebrush
- State tree
- Single-leaf Pinyon and Bristlecone Pine
- Motto
- All for Our Country
Cities shown
- Carson City (capital)
- Las Vegas
- Reno
- Elko
- Ely
- Winnemucca
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.