Lander County, Nevada
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- Austin — Historic · Lander County, NV
1860s silver boomtown near Nevada's geographic center and a landmark stop on US-50 (the Loneliest Road). Once rivaled Virginia City in mineral output; Stokes…
- Battle Mountain — Turquoise & Azurite — Rockhound · Lander County, NV
World-class porphyry copper system with oxidized zones producing turquoise, malachite, azurite, and chrysocolla on surrounding BLM land. One of Nevada's most…
- Betty O'Neal — Ghost Town · Lander County, NV
Long-lived silver camp in the Lewis District south of Battle Mountain. After 1880s disasters, a major 1920s revival under Noble Getchell built a large flotat…
- Cortez — Ghost Town · Lander County, NV
1860s silver camp on the east side of the Cortez Mountains, later absorbed into one of Nevada’s great modern gold districts. Historic townsite buildings and …
- Desatoya Peak — Natural · Lander County, NV
High point of the Desatoya Mountains along the Lander–Churchill line, anchoring Desatoya Wilderness Study Area / surrounding BLM high country between US-50 a…
- Hickison Summit Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Lander County, NV
Hwy 50 Loneliest Road stop with petroglyphs in a natural basalt amphitheater. BLM interpretive signage explains multiple cultural periods. Geodes collectible…
- Jacobsville — Historic · Lander County, NV
First Lander County seat (1862–63) on the Reese River west of Austin — Overland Stage, Pony Express, and early telegraph relay stop founded by sheriff George…
- Kingston Canyon — Natural · Lander County, NV
Forested canyon on the east slope of the Toiyabe Range south of Austin, with USFS Kingston Campground (~7,100 ft), seasonal streamside sites, and access towa…
- Mount Callaghan — Natural · Lander County, NV
High Toiyabe-range summit (~10,200+ ft class) north of Austin in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, overlooking Callaghan Canyon and the Reese River count…
- Ravenswood — Ghost Town · Lander County, NV
Ravenswood is a remote Lander County silver camp reduced to stone ruins on quiet hills well off the tourist track. Expect rough dirt, no services, and total …
- Spencer Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Lander County, NV
Free BLM hot spring with multiple pools of varying temperatures and 360-degree sagebrush views. Dispersed camping nearby. One of Nevada's most accessible and…
- Tenabo — Ghost Town · Lander County, NV
Bullion Mining District boomtown founded after 1905–07 gold-silver discoveries on the east side of the Shoshone Range; briefly reached ~1,000 residents with …
- Toquima Cave — Petroglyph · Lander County, NV
Basalt-overhang rock-art site at Pete’s Summit in the Toquima Range holding one of the Great Basin’s largest protected pictograph assemblages (red, white, ye…
- Yankee Blade — Ghost Town · Lander County, NV
1863 Reese River silver camp a few miles north of Austin, renamed for the first producing mine after an early Boston newspaper. By 1864–65 dozens of adobe/st…