Roach, Nevada

Roach, Nevada is a siding on the Union Pacific railroad, between Jean, Nevada and Nipton, California, in Clark County, Nevada, USA. Roach is on the eastern shoreline of Roach Dry Lake, and is below Beer Bottle Pass in the Lucy Gray Mountains, pointing to the northeast. Roach's elevation is 2,620 feet (800 m).[1] Roach appears on, and is the namesake for, the USGS Roach 7.5' topographic map (1985).

Roach Lake is just east of Interstate 15 for the first five miles north of Whiskey Pete's Casino at the California-Nevada state line.

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  1. "Roach". Placenames.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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