Lincoln County, Nevada
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- Ash Springs Rock Art Site — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM- and Lincoln County–opened winter-camp rock-art site on a low hill above Pahranagat Valley just off U.S. 93 at Ash Springs. Short loop trail with ~18 num…
- Atlanta — Ghost Town · Lincoln County, NV
Silver camp in the Atlanta district of the Wilson Creek Range country, east of the Pioche–Delamar mineral belt. A thin eastern Nevada ghost for a named camp …
- Beaver Dam State Park — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
One of Nevada's most remote state parks (~34 miles east of Caliente on a long graded gravel road), tucked against the Utah line in volcanic canyon country of…
- Bristol Well — Ghost Town · Lincoln County, NV
National Register silver-lead-copper milling townsite northwest of Pioche, also known as National City / Bristol City / Tempest. Boom-era charcoal kilns, sto…
- Caliente Hot Springs Area — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Natural geothermal springs just outside the railroad town of Caliente in Meadow Valley Wash. Warm pools and seeps sit in a cottonwood-lined canyon setting wi…
- Cathedral Gorge — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Cathedral Gorge State Park near Panaca exposes soft bentonite clay eroded into spires, slot alleys, and organ-pipe walls. Short walks from the developed area…
- Cathedral Gorge Slot Canyon Narrows — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Inside Cathedral Gorge State Park, soft bentonite walls pinch into short slot corridors and cave-like passages among spires and badlands. The slots are brief…
- Crystal Springs — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Desert oasis and historic junction at the south end of the Extraterrestrial Highway (SR-375) where it meets SR-318 in northern Pahranagat Valley. Artesian sp…
- Crystal Wash Rock Art Site — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM-managed, publicly interpreted rock-art complex near Crystal Springs in the Pahranagat Valley. Numbered markers lead through granite boulder fields with G…
- Delamar — Ghost Town · Lincoln County, NV
Called "The Widowmaker" — dry milling of silica gold ore killed over 1,000 miners from silicosis. Remote stone walls, a large cemetery, and mill foundation s…
- Delamar Mountains — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Remote range in southern Lincoln County, home to the Delamar Mountains Wilderness and the Delamar ghost-town mining district. Dirt roads, wide desert views, …
- Echo Canyon State Park — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Nevada state park around Echo Canyon Reservoir east of Pioche, backed by banded volcanic cliffs and side canyons. Paved access, camping, boating, and fishing…
- Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic Site — Historic · Lincoln County, NV
One-room schoolhouse in Rainbow Canyon that educated grades 1–8 from 1922 to 1967, preserved as a Nevada State Parks historic site with period furnishings. O…
- Extraterrestrial Hwy / Rachel — Historic · Lincoln County, NV
Official Extraterrestrial Highway (SR-375) runs ~98 miles through remote Lincoln County past the restricted Nellis Range complex. The tiny town of Rachel anc…
- Hiko — Historic · Lincoln County, NV
Pahranagat Valley agrarian hamlet and former Lincoln County seat (1867–1871) on SR 318. Silver-mill ruins, cemetery, and a red-rock general-store building ma…
- Jackrabbit — Ghost Town · Lincoln County, NV
Silver camp on the east side of the Bristol Range, first called Royal City (1876) and later Jackrabbit. A store, saloon, boarding house, and brief post offic…
- Kershaw-Ryan State Park — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Spring-fed canyon oasis south of Caliente with rainbow-hued cliffs up to 700 ft, wild grapes, Gambel oak, willows, and a seasonal spring-fed children’s wadin…
- Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area — Wildlife · Lincoln County, NV
Nevada Department of Wildlife management area around Nesbitt and Frenchy Lakes in the upper Pahranagat Valley north of Hiko. Desert reservoirs managed primar…
- Mail Box / Black Mailbox Site — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
The Black Mailbox site on Nevada’s Extraterrestrial Highway (SR-375) is a decades-old pull-off where UFO watchers gather near the Groom Lake Road corridor. T…
- Mt. Irish Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
Spectacular BLM petroglyph site in Lincoln County featuring large concentrations of ancient rock art images on basalt boulders in a remote desert mountain se…
- Pahranagat Lakes — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Pahranagat’s Upper and Lower lakes form a green wetland ribbon along US-93 in the Mojave–Great Basin transition. The National Wildlife Refuge draws migratory…
- Pahranagat NWR — Wildlife · Lincoln County, NV
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge strings Upper Lake, Middle Pond, and Lower Lake along U.S. 93 near Alamo—a rare Mojave wetland on the Pacific Flyway. Cot…
- Panaca Charcoal Kilns — Historic · Lincoln County, NV
Pair of 1870s stone beehive charcoal kilns high in the Cedar Range east of Panaca. Built to supply high-quality charcoal to Bullionville and Pioche smelters,…
- Pioche — Ghost Town · Lincoln County, NV
One of Nevada's most violent early mining camps — by 1872 the Boot Hill cemetery had 75 graves but no one had died of natural causes. The Million Dollar Cour…
- Powerline Overlook (Area 51) — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Drive-up overlook in the Tikaboo Valley with wide views toward Groom Lake airspace. Popular with radio scanners and photographers — far easier than Tikaboo P…
- Shooting Gallery Rock Art Site — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM archaeological district on the east flank of Badger Mountain inside Basin and Range National Monument. Publicly interpreted game-drive and rock-art lands…
- Spring Valley State Park — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Nevada State Park on Eagle Valley Reservoir northeast of Pioche—light volcanic tuff and sediment walls, trout fishing, boating, camping, and short hikes amon…
- Tikaboo Peak — Natural · Lincoln County, NV
Tikaboo Peak is the closest legal public viewpoint toward Groom Lake, reached by a long dirt approach and a steep ridge hike. From the summit you look across…
- White River Narrows — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM-managed National Register archaeological district in a winding Pleistocene canyon of rhyolite tuff cliffs along SR-318 in Basin and Range National Monume…