White Pine County, Nevada
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- Aurum — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Aurum is a little-visited White Pine County mining camp with stone foundations and scattered relics in high desert hills. Boom-and-bust cycles left little st…
- Cave Lake State Park — Natural · White Pine County, NV
A 32-acre mountain reservoir state park at about 7,300 feet in the Schell Creek Range east of Ely, stocked for trout fishing with camping, hiking, and winter…
- Cherry Creek — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
An 1870s silver camp at the base of the Cherry Creek Mountains. Stone ruins and an old jail remain. The drive through the valley is beautiful and the site is…
- Comins Lake — Wildlife · White Pine County, NV
Fishing and waterfowl reservoir in the Meadow Unit of NDOW’s Steptoe Valley Wildlife Management Area south of Ely along US 93/50. Part of a ~20,000-acre WMA …
- Fort Ruby — Historic · White Pine County, NV
Civil War–era U.S. Army post (Camp Ruby, 1862–1869) guarding the Overland Trail, stage, and telegraph routes at the east entrance to Overland Pass from Ruby …
- Garnet Hill Recreation Area — Rockhound · White Pine County, NV
Free public recreation area near Ely offering everyone the chance to search for high-quality deep red garnets in exposed rhyolite at no cost. Listed as one o…
- Great Basin Bristlecone Grove — Natural · White Pine County, NV
High alpine grove of Great Basin bristlecone pines on the glacial moraine below Wheeler Peak. A ~2.8-mile round-trip trail from the end of Wheeler Peak Sceni…
- Hamilton (separate ridge ruins) — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Treasure Hill and the ridge ruins above Hamilton hold mill foundations, stone walls, and diggings from White Pine’s 1868–70s silver boom—distinct from the ma…
- Hamilton / Treasure City — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Two adjacent silver boomtowns atop an 8,000-ft ridge that held 15,000 people in 1869. Courthouse ruins, stone walls, and a dramatic mountain setting make thi…
- Illipah — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Illipah is a sparse White Pine County mining locale along US-50 east of Eureka. Scattered foundations and diggings sit in high cold-desert sage country with …
- Lane City — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Early White Pine mining camp (originally Mineral City era roots) a few miles northwest of Ely along the US-50/93 corridor. Thin standing remains include the …
- Lexington Arch — Geology · White Pine County, NV
A rare limestone natural arch (possibly a former cave passage or natural bridge) standing high in Lexington Canyon on the remote south side of Great Basin Na…
- McGill — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Kennecott Copper company town built to house smelter workers for the Ruth open-pit mine. The massive smelter stack still dominates the skyline. Company store…
- Mount Moriah — Natural · White Pine County, NV
12,067-ft high point of the Mount Moriah Wilderness in the northern Snake Range, north of Great Basin National Park. Trails climb to The Table — a broad suba…
- Osceola — Ghost Town · White Pine County, NV
Long-worked eastern Nevada placer gold camp (1872–mid-20th century) on the west slope of the Snake Range. A 12-mile gold-bearing vein discovery sparked hydra…
- Schell Creek Station Interpretive Site — Historic · White Pine County, NV
Pony Express National Historic Trail interpretive turnout on US-93 west of Schellbourne. NDOT rest area with picnic tables and restrooms plus a short path to…
- Shoshone Ponds ACEC — Wildlife · White Pine County, NV
BLM Area of Critical Environmental Concern about 30 miles southeast of Ely protecting refuge ponds that hold a reintroduced population of the endangered Pahr…
- Ward Charcoal Ovens — Historic · White Pine County, NV
Six perfectly preserved 30-foot beehive-shaped stone charcoal kilns built in 1876 to supply fuel for the Ward silver smelter. Among the best-preserved indust…
- Wheeler Peak — Natural · White Pine County, NV
Second-highest summit in Nevada (13,063 ft) and the high point of Great Basin National Park, rising above alpine lakes, rock glacier, and ancient bristlecone…