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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
===Area 51=== | ===Area 51=== | ||
[[ | [[File:Area51 Tikaboo Peak 07.2008.jpg|thumb|Area 51 viewed from distant [[Tikaboo Peak]]]] | ||
The original rectangular base of {{convert|6|by|10|mi|km|0}} is now part of the so-called "Groom box", a rectangular area, measuring {{convert|23|by|25|mi|km}}, of restricted airspace. The area is connected to the internal [[Nevada Test Site]] (NTS) road network, with paved roads leading south to [[Mercury, Nevada|Mercury]] and west to [[Yucca Flat]]. Leading northeast from the lake, the wide and well-maintained Groom Lake Road runs through a pass in the Jumbled Hills. The road formerly led to mines in the Groom basin but has been improved since their closure. Its winding course runs past a security checkpoint, but the restricted area around the base extends farther east. After leaving the restricted area, Groom Lake Road descends eastward to the floor of the [[Tikaboo Valley]], passing the dirt-road entrances to several small ranches, before converging with [[Nevada State Route 375|State Route 375, the "Extraterrestrial Highway"]], south of [[Rachel, Nevada|Rachel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/travel/escapes/13extraterrestrial.html |title=Lonesome Highway to Another World? |access-date=8 July 2007 |author=Regenold, Stephen |date=13 April 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617100409/http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/travel/escapes/13extraterrestrial.html |archive-date=17 June 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> | The original rectangular base of {{convert|6|by|10|mi|km|0}} is now part of the so-called "Groom box", a rectangular area, measuring {{convert|23|by|25|mi|km}}, of restricted airspace. The area is connected to the internal [[Nevada Test Site]] (NTS) road network, with paved roads leading south to [[Mercury, Nevada|Mercury]] and west to [[Yucca Flat]]. Leading northeast from the lake, the wide and well-maintained Groom Lake Road runs through a pass in the Jumbled Hills. The road formerly led to mines in the Groom basin but has been improved since their closure. Its winding course runs past a security checkpoint, but the restricted area around the base extends farther east. After leaving the restricted area, Groom Lake Road descends eastward to the floor of the [[Tikaboo Valley]], passing the dirt-road entrances to several small ranches, before converging with [[Nevada State Route 375|State Route 375, the "Extraterrestrial Highway"]], south of [[Rachel, Nevada|Rachel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/travel/escapes/13extraterrestrial.html |title=Lonesome Highway to Another World? |access-date=8 July 2007 |author=Regenold, Stephen |date=13 April 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617100409/http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/travel/escapes/13extraterrestrial.html |archive-date=17 June 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||