Ash Meadows is an unusual wetland region with springs, small reservoirs and streams at the lower end of Amargosa Valley, for most of the year a very hot and dry area at the edge of the Mojave Desert. It is just 9 miles from Death Valley Junction, near the southeast entrance to Death Valley National Park and about 30 miles west of Pahrump, NV.

Crystal Spring, next to the refuge headquarters has a half mile raised boardwalk that follows a small reed-filled stream, a narrow strip of greenery in the surrounding arid terrain, and ends at an unexpectedly beautiful spring - a pool of clear, blue-green water several feet deep and about 30 feet across.  The water from the spring flow into Crystal Springs Reservoir. 

Crystal Springs.  Several feet deep and about 30 feet across.

You can see the water coming up in the dark portion of the picture.

The stream of water leaving the spring.



Although, they don't show in the photo, there are several minnow size fish in the stream call "pup fish".

I thought that this was an interesting bend in the stream.

The water from the spring flows down to Crystal Reservoir.    The Reservoir is used for boating, fishing and hunting.

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