Northeast Mojave
Nellis Air Force Base, Bitter Springs and the shores of Lake Mead.
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Locations in this region
Settlements & Towns
Military & Outposts
- Camp GuardianAn abandoned NCR outpost on Guardian Peak above Lake Mead, where Private Halford's distress call leads into the caves.
- Nellis Air Force BaseThe Boomers' artillery-guarded home in a former air base. Survive the shelling, earn their trust and help raise a bomber from Lake Mead.
- Nellis HangarsTwo hangars at Nellis AFB: the Boomers' mess hall and munitions store, and the aircraft hangar where Loyal and Jack work on Volare!
- Ranger Station BravoThe NCR's easternmost Ranger station, in the highlands near Bitter Springs, watching the Colorado River for Legion crossings.
Caves & Mines
- Bloodborne CaveA nightstalker nest east of the Brotherhood safehouse with a legendary nightstalker and a trapped gate guarding a cash trunk.
- Camp Guardian cavesLakelurk caves behind Camp Guardian where the wounded Private Halford waits for rescue in Help for Halford.
- Devil's Throat cavernA cave mouth just north of the Devil's Throat where up to four heavily armed super mutant masters camp around a fire.
- Great Khan supply caveThree caves around Bitter Springs where the Great Khans hid supplies: an irradiated ant cave, a night stalker den and Oscar Velasco's sniper hideout.
- Lake Mead CaveAn underwater cave in Lake Mead marked by a sunken fishing boat, with pre-war money, a Lad's Life and no air in its back half.
Ruins & Wrecks
- Bitter Springs Recreation AreaAn old vista stop north of Callville Bay with wrecked vehicles, a rat-filled office, Tumblers Today and two star caps.
- Callville BayA derelict Lake Mead boat launch overrun by cazadores and giant rats, and a key stop in the Boomers quest Volare!
- Crashed B-29A pre-war bomber resting on the bed of Lake Mead, the target of the Boomers' quest to raise it and fly it again.
- Durable Dunn's Sacked CaravanThe burned-out remains of a Dunn's Caravans run on Highway 93 east of Freeside, tied to Cass and her quest Heartache by the Number.
- East central sewersA small sewer section under East Vegas with feral ghouls, a locked gun cabinet and Sweet Jill's copy of Luke's Find.
- Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truckA Sunset Sarsaparilla truck on the bottom of Lake Mead west of the Scavenger Platform, holding three star bottle caps and plenty of soda.
Factories & Plants
- East Pump StationA small NCR water filtration station between Vault 34 and the Sharecropper Farms, and one way to start Hard Luck Blues.
- Gypsum quarry officeAn ant-infested office inside the Gypsum Train Yard, with egg clutches, an ant mound and a Sunset Sarsaparilla star cap in the back room.
- Gypsum Train YardA deathclaw-patrolled rail yard west of Bitter Springs with a locked train tunnel that leads straight into Nellis Air Force Base.
- Nellis ArrayThe Boomers' solar power plant at Nellis AFB, infested with giant ants. Home of Ant Misbehavin', Sunshine Boogie and the Thump-Thump.
Landmarks
- Bitter Springs cemeteryTwelve Great Khan graves in the pass the NCR calls Canyon 37, a reminder of the Bitter Springs Massacre that haunts Craig Boone.
- Coyote Tail RidgeA hilltop overlook southwest of Bitter Springs where NCR snipers fired during the massacre, now lined with graves.
- Guardian PeakA summit above Lake Mead with views of Hoover Dam and Fortification Hill, home to the abandoned NCR Camp Guardian.
- Red PassThe canyon pass below Coyote Tail Ridge where the Bitter Springs Massacre took place, now home to a cemetery of 12 Great Khan graves.
- The Devil's ThroatA radioactive crater in the far northeast crawling with centaurs, where a dead prospector lies beside the CZ57 Avenger minigun.
- The OneA Wild Wasteland atomic bomb west-northwest of the Devil's Throat, its display stuck on 9999, guarded by super mutant masters and glowing ones.
Points of Interest
- Cap Counterfeiting ShackAn abandoned bottle cap forgery west of Bitter Springs Recreation Area, guarded by cazadores and holding three star caps.
- Captain Dean Boat RentalsA bait and boat rental store at Callville Bay with giant rats inside, cazadores next door and two Sunset Sarsaparilla star caps on its counter.
- Fields' ShackA shack under an overpass just west of Nellis AFB with free beds, unowned storage and the unique Abilene Kid LE BB gun.
- Fisherman's Pride ShackA lonely fishing shack on the Lake Mead shoreline with a bed, some loot, and lakelurks lurking in the shallows nearby.
- Jimmy's wellA Wild Wasteland well south of Fields' shack. Rex tells you Little Jimmy fell in; inside are a mole rat, a tiny skeleton and the Abilene Kid LE BB gun.
- Mojave houseAn abandoned adobe house north of the Mole Rat Ranch hiding an indoor maize farm and a moonshine still. Nothing inside is owned.
- Raul's ShackRaul Tejada's small home north-northeast of Vault 34, with a workbench, a bed and a copy of Guns and Bullets by the door.
- Scavenger PlatformA ramshackle raft of barges and shacks floating on Lake Mead, overrun by lakelurks, with a Wasteland Survival Guide in one of the huts.
- Train tunnelA mined rail tunnel between Raul's shack and the Brotherhood safehouse, full of feral ghouls, that leads to Nellis while dodging most of the shelling.