Walker lake & Hawthorne

This is the most northern point of my travels around the high desert and eastern Sierras. I only spent a day and night in Hawthorne so there is plenty more photographic opportunity and I’m hoping to get back soon. 

Walker Lake is a natural lake, in the Great Basin in western Nevada in the United States. It is 11 mi (17 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, in northwestern Mineral County along the east side of the Wassuk Range, about 75 mi (120 km) southeast of Reno. The lake is fed from the north by the Walker River and has no natural outlet except absorption and evaporation. The community of Walker Lake, Nevada, is found along the southwest shore.
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Hawthorne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Nevada, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 3,269,[1] a decrease since the 2000 census, when it was 3,311. It is the county seat of Mineral County.[2] The nearby Hawthorne Army Depot is the primary economic base of the town. 
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Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) is a U.S. Army ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada in the United States. It is directly south of Walker Lake. The depot covers 147,000 acres (59,000 ha) or 226 sq. mi. and has 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) storage space in 2,427 bunkers. HWAD is the “Worlds Largest Depot” and is divided into three ammunition storage and production areas, plus an industrial area housing command headquarters, facilities engineering shops, etc. 
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Nights in the high desert

Sunny days and chilly nights. 

Mojave CA to Hawthorne NV