Cold Creek

Mount Charleston

Wild Mustangs in Cold Creek, NV.
Wild Mustangs
Cold Creek is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States located within the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
Cold Creek
The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
Spring Mountains
A Wild Horse in the Mount Charleston Wilderness
Wild Horse
The Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF) is the principal U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Nevada, and has a smaller portion in Eastern California.
Humboldt–Toiyabe
Mustang horses are descendants of escaped, domestic Spanish horses that were brought to the Americas by Spanish explorers in the 16th century.
Mustang
Mustangs have muscular bodies and hard hooves, which makes them suitable for scouting and trail riding,
Wild Horses
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger.
Mare
Baby horses are called foals. A two year old male is called a colt. A female is called a filly. They are also called yearlings.
Foal
A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated)
Stallion
The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with foal
Colt
Wild Mustangs in Southern Nevada
Southern Nevada
Half of the nation’s wild horses and wild burros free-roam on public lands in Nevada, the Silver State
Silver State
The road to Cold Creek, Nevada is Highway 95
Highway 95
Derived from the Spanish words "Mestengo" and "Mostrenco" — meaning "wild or masterless cattle,"
Mestengo

Charleston > Cold Creek

Cold Creek gets its name from the cold spring water that runs through the valley and feeds into the ponds located there. The City of Cold Creek is off grid and the wild horses are made up of descendants of 1800s horse trade escapees and horses abandoned by Native Americans, Las Vegas settlers, ranchers, and prospectors.

The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is comprised of rugged mountains with towering cliffs, steep hillsides, and deep narrow canyons, which are surrounded by a desert landscape. The area’s elevation ranges from 3,000 feet to 11,918 feet at the top of Charleston Peak which creates a variety of climate and vegetation zones including some 18,000 acres of Bristlecone Pine.

City📍Location

 

COPYRIGHT © 2008 – 2024 ALL IMAGES

Follow Shon Fredrickson on Twitter