Carson Ranger District Map, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada / California

This United States Forest Service map provides topographic, hiking, and trekking details for the Carson Ranger District in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The map is water and tear-resistant.

The Carson Ranger District office is located in Carson City (pop. 54,414), which is Nevada’s capital. The District lies in seven counties including Carson City, Douglas, and Washoe in Nevada and Alpine, Nevada, Lassen, and Sierra Counties in California.

The Carson Ranger District encompasses over 400,000 acres in the states of Nevada (135,632) and California (270,260). Lake Tahoe lies just to the west of the district boundary. The District includes 406,292 acres of urban interface area west of Reno, Carson City, Minden, and Gardnerville in Nevada and more remote rural areas in eastern California.

The Carson Ranger District extends along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, straddling the Nevada/California border in a strip about 15 miles wide and 96 miles long. It stretches from the Dog Valley area northwest of Reno and ends just north of the Sonora Pass (California State Route 108). The District boasts a varied and spectacular landscape from scenic snowy alpine peaks to the warmer lower valleys of the semi-arid Great Basin desert. The elevation ranges from around 4,800 feet to Sonora Peak at 11,462 feet.

• Two-sided, self-cover, plastic folded map
• National Forest Service Intermountain Region, 2017