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Template:Geobox The Smoke Creek Desert is an arid region of northwestern Nevada, USA that lies to the north of Pyramid Lake, west of the Fox Range and east of the Smoke Creek Mountains. The southern end of the desert lies on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, and a rail line lies at the eastern edge. The Smoke Creek Desert is southwest of the Black Rock Desert's SouthPlaya and is between the Granite Range and the Fox Range.

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Geography	Antelope Range Badger Mountains Black Rock Range Calico Hills Division Range Empire Fox Range Gerlach Granite Range Hannan Range High Rock Canyon Hills Hog Ranch Mountains Jackson Mountains Kamma Mountains Kings River Lake Lahontan Little High Rock Mountains Massacre Range Montana Mountains Pine Forest Range Poker Brown Mountains Quinn River Selenite Range Sentinel Hills Seven Troughs Range Sheephead Mountains Smoke Creek Desert Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills
History	Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space Shot (2004)
Protected areas	Black Rock–High Rock NCA Black Rock Desert Wilderness Calico Mountains Wilderness East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Lake Wilderness Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness North Black Rock Range Wilderness North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Pahute Peak Wilderness South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Transportation	Empire Airport Old SR 34 Old SR 48 Old SR 49/Jungo Road SR 447
Uses and Activities	Burning Man Camping Dooby Lane High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding

Arabian Peninsula	Ad-Dahna Nefud Arabian Judaean Negev Ramlat al-Sab'atayn Rub' al Khali Syrian Wahiba Sands
Central Asia	Aral Karakum Aralkum Barsuki Betpak-Dala Dasht-e Naomid Karakum Kyzylkum Moiynkum Ryn Saryesik-Atyrau Sarykum Taukum Ustyurt
East Asia	Badain Jaran Gobi Gurbantünggüt Hami Lop Kumtag Ordos Kubuqi Mu Us Qaidam Taklamakan Tengger
South Asia	Cholistan Indus Valley Katpana Kharan Thal Thar
Iranian Plateau	Kavir Khash Leili Lut Margo Naomid Polond Registan
Southeast Asia	La Paz

Australia	Gibson Great Sandy Great Victoria Little Sandy Nullarbor Plain Painted Pedirka Simpson Strzelecki Sturt Stony Tanami Tirari
New Zealand	Rangipo

Antarctic	Antarctica Meyer Desert
Arctic	North American Arctic Greenland Russian Arctic

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-The '''Smoke Creek Desert''' is an arid region of northwestern [[Nevada]], USA that lies to the north of [[Pyramid Lake (Nevada)|Pyramid Lake]], west of the [[Fox Range]] and east of the [[Smoke Creek Mountains]]. The southern end of the desert lies on the [[Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation]], and a rail line lies at the eastern edge. The Smoke Creek Desert is southwest of the [[Black Rock Desert]]'s SouthPlaya and is between the [[Granite Range (Washoe County)|Granite Range]] and the Fox Range.  Due to [[Burning Man]] selling out http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/07/burning-man-sells-out-hopeful-attendees-scramble-tickets, the northeastern end of the Smoke Creek desert is likely to see heavy use in 2011 as a large number of would-be Burning Man participants come to a small secondary event know as the [[Smoke Creek Gathering]] in the wide open Smoke Creek Playa.
+The '''Smoke Creek Desert''' is an arid region of northwestern [[Nevada]], USA that lies to the north of [[Pyramid Lake (Nevada)|Pyramid Lake]], west of the [[Fox Range]] and east of the [[Smoke Creek Mountains]]. The southern end of the desert lies on the [[Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation]], and a rail line lies at the eastern edge. The Smoke Creek Desert is southwest of the [[Black Rock Desert]]'s SouthPlaya and is between the [[Granite Range (Washoe County)|Granite Range]] and the Fox Range.
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