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Grapevine Spring Corral and Reservoir
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Grapevine Spring Corral
Grapevine Spring Corral

Overview

Grapevine Spring Corral is an historic corral in Cedar Basin valley just over the mountains to the south of Gold Butte Townsite. The Tramp and Fork Fire in 2005 only scorched the west edge of the valley, so most of the "cedars" remain, which are actually Utah Junipers and Singleleaf Pinyon Pine. Here, at about 4,200 feet elevation, the Pinyon-Juniper Forest shares this elevation zone with lots of Shrub Live Oak and a few Joshua Trees.

Cedar Basin Road provides access to the area, and side roads run off to a variety of interesting places, including the Grapevine Spring Corral, which is somewhat dilapidated after years of disuse.

This is a nice place to explore and camp, so plan to spend a weekend looking for historic sites and natural wonders.

Link to map.

Grapevine Spring Corral

Watch Out

Other than the standard warnings about hiking in the desert, ... this area is fairly safe, but there are old mines in the area, and holes in the ground are never safe to enter. The access road requires a 2WD-HC vehicle, but would be safer in a 4WD vehicle because of sand on lower Cedar Basin Road.

This is wild and remote country without services of any kind (no restrooms, no water, no gas, no food). Bring what you need to survive. Be prepared and be self-reliant. It is a big place, but someone will eventually find you if you stay on a main road, but be prepared to survive alone for a day or two, or even longer on side roads.

While visiting the area, please respect the land and the other people out there, and try to Leave No Trace of your passage. Also, this is a remote area, so be sure to bring the 10 Essentials, even if you leave them in the car.

Grapevine Spring Corral

Getting to Grapevine Spring Corral

Cedar Basin is located out in Gold Butte National Monument at the northeast end of Lake Mead, about 3.5 hours northeast of Las Vegas in a wild, remote, and scenic area.

From town, drive out to Gold Butte National Monument. From Whitney Pocket, continue south on the unpaved Gold Butte Road to Gold Butte Townsite. Continue southwest on the main road, which is now Scanlon Road, for 1.9 miles to Quail Springs Wash (watch for a flashflood warning sign). Turn left and drive up Cedar Basin Road, which follows Quail Springs Wash southeast and up into Cedar Basin.

At about 3.3 miles out, when Cedar Basin Road forks at a white 55-gallon drum in a forested area, stay right on Cedar Basin Road to the historic Cedar Basin Corral. Just past corral, turn left, passing the corral and heading east towards the granite domes. Grapevine Spring reservoir and corral lie up against the granite domes.

Grapevine Spring Corral
Arriving at Grapevine Spring campsite from the south (view NE)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Arriving at Grapevine Spring Campsite (view SW)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Old 55-gallon drum (view NE)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Who do they think will pick this up?
Grapevine Spring Corral
Fenceline atop west dike (view S)
Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir (view SE)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Historic corral (view NW)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Reservoir (view N)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Historic corral (view NW)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Reservoir (view N)
Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir (view E)
Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir at inlet (view E)
Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir (view W)
Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir (view E)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Dry reservoir (view S)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Dry reservoir (view S)
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Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir (view NE)
Grapevine Spring Corral
South end of reservoir at inlet wash (view E)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Spillway (partial washout) on the dam (view S)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Campsite area (view W)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Campsite area (view SW)
Grapevine Spring Corral
Grapevine Spring reservoir on a stormy day (view S)
Grapevine Spring
After a wet winter (March 2019)
Grapevine Spring
After a wet winter (March 2019)
Grapevine Spring
After a wet winter (March 2019)
Grapevine Spring
After a wet winter (March 2019)

Table 1. Highway Coordinates Based on GPS Data (NAD27; UTM Zone 11S). Download Highway GPS Waypoints (*.gpx) file.

Site Location UTM Easting UTM Northing Latitude (N) Longitude (W) Elevation (ft)
1719 Grapevine Spring Reservoir 754365 4014046 36.23967 114.16956 4,327

Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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