Elko County, Nevada
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- Angel Lake — Natural · Elko County, NV
A high alpine lake at about 8,350 feet in the East Humboldt Range, reached by a paved spur from Wells. Glacial cirques, Forest Service camping and picnic are…
- California Trail Interpretive Center — Historic · Elko County, NV
BLM interpretive center on the historic California Trail at I-80 Hunter Exit 292, about 8 miles west of Elko. Free indoor exhibits, dioramas, and outdoor tra…
- Carlin Canyon — Geology · Elko County, NV
Steep Humboldt River canyon west of Carlin where Paleozoic through Tertiary strata are exposed in road and railroad cuts. Historic corridor of the California…
- Cobre — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Cobre was a short-lived railroad and copper-shipping town near the Nevada–Utah line in Elko County. A handful of structures and rail-era relics sit in open d…
- Contact — Historic · Elko County, NV
Copper-mining community on US-93 south of Jackpot, active from the 1890s with hotel, newspaper, and smelter-era boom, then largely emptied after a 1942 fire.…
- Delano — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Gold-mining district center in far northeastern Elko County, about thirty-six miles north of Montello near the Idaho line. Production ran intermittently from…
- Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area — Wildlife · Elko County, NV
NDOW wildlife management area on a seasonal, largely unaltered wetland on the east side of the Ruby Mountains in Ruby Valley — remnant of pluvial Lake Frankl…
- Hole in the Mountain (Lizzie's Window) — Geology · Elko County, NV
Natural arch known as Lizzie’s Window or Hole in the Mountain on a ridge of the East Humboldt Range just south of Hole in the Mountain Peak (about 11,300 fee…
- Jarbidge — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Nevada's most remote town and site of the last stagecoach robbery in US history (1916). About five people still live here. Jarbidge Wilderness has deep grani…
- Lamoille Canyon — Natural · Elko County, NV
Glacier-carved canyon in the Ruby Mountains — often called the Swiss Alps of Nevada. A 12-mile paved scenic byway (NF-660, generally May–Oct) climbs to trail…
- Metropolis — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Nevada's only major non-mining ghost town — an ambitious 1910 irrigation farming utopia that collapsed from water rights lawsuits, jackrabbit invasions, and …
- Metropolis School Ruins — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Metropolis was a failed early-1900s farming colony north of Wells; the freestanding stone arch of Lincoln School is the iconic remnant. Open ranch country su…
- Midas — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Remote northern Nevada gold town in the Snowstorm Mountains. A false-front saloon and several original buildings still stand. Exceptionally isolated and rare…
- Mountain City — Historic · Elko County, NV
Far-northeastern Nevada mining town on the Owyhee River, founded 1869 as Cope after placer and lode discoveries, renamed Mountain City the same year. Boom-er…
- Ruby Dome — Natural · Elko County, NV
Highest summit of the Ruby Mountains (~11,387 ft), a glaciated alpine peak above Lamoille Canyon. Scramble/hike approaches via Hennen Canyon and other draina…
- Ruby Lake NWR — Wildlife · Elko County, NV
Remote marshland in the Ruby Valley backed by the Ruby Mountains, attracting 200+ bird species. Trumpeter swans winter here. Spring migration brings impressi…
- Ruby Mountains Core Complex — Geology · Elko County, NV
Textbook metamorphic core complex — Precambrian and Mesozoic rock domed upward as the Great Basin stretched, creating Nevada's most dramatic alpine terrain. …
- Shafter — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Railroad ghost town northeast of Wells where the Nevada Northern met the Western Pacific Feather River Route. Founded 1906 as Bews, renamed Shafter in 1907 f…
- South Fork State Recreation Area — Wildlife · Elko County, NV
Nevada State Parks unit south of Elko centered on 1,650-acre South Fork Reservoir and thousands of surrounding meadow and hillside acres. Strong wildlife vie…
- Tobar — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Western Pacific construction camp turned railroad hamlet on Tobar Flat, Elko County, established in 1908 (also known as Clover City), with a post office 1911…
- Tuscarora — Ghost Town · Elko County, NV
Chinese miners made up a large portion of the workforce — their quarter's ruins are among the most intact Chinese historic sites in Nevada. Victorian homes, …
- Tuscarora Area — Citrine & Rose Quartz — Rockhound · Elko County, NV
Gravels and talus around Tuscarora ghost town produce citrine, rose quartz crystals, and wonderstone. Listed top 10 by rockhoundresource.com. Combine with th…
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area — Wildlife · Elko County, NV
Year-round Nevada State Parks unit on the shore of Wild Horse Reservoir in the high cold desert north of Elko. Popular for rainbow and brown trout, smallmout…