Which desert is the setting of the annual Burning Man festival?

The Black Rock Desert is the Nevada desert setting of the annual Burning Man festival.

Burning Man takes place at Black Rock City, a temporary settlement built on the Black Rock Desert playa in northwestern Nevada. The event is known for large-scale art, experimental community structures, and the ceremonial burning of a wooden effigy.

The Black Rock Desert is a broad, extremely flat dry lake bed formed from fine sediments. Its playa surface is usually hard and pale, but rain can turn it into sticky mud and make travel difficult. The area forms part of Nevada’s Basin and Range landscape.

Black Rock Desert is not the same as the Mojave Desert or the Great Basin Desert as a whole. It is a specific playa and desert area within the Great Basin region, making its flat surface particularly suited to a temporary city and large installations.