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Highway 50

East from Carson City on Highway 50 'the loneliest road in America' goes to the Nevada Utah border. West from Carson City on Highway 50 goes through the Lake Tahoe area and into California.

The Pony Express Route

This is a great drive. There are some decent grades on some of the passes, but you rarely hold up traffic since there is not much of it. Great Basin NP on the Utah/Nevada border is a surprising alpine oasis in the desert. Lehman Caves are also there and worth the time to tour. Near Ely is Cave Lake SP, another good place to stay for a day if you don't need hookups. There is a KOA in Ely, one of the private CG's along this stretch of 50. There is a walking tour of Eureka (almost a ghost town at one time) that is a good way to stretch your legs. Bob Scott NF CG just east of Austin is in the trees but doesn't have water but does have bathrooms. The road into Austin is quite windy but the speed limits are low anyway, so just use low gear. It will be quite warm that time of year, but it cools off nicely in the high desert at night. Waking to the smell of the sage desert is great and a change from the pine/spruce smell typically found in the western mountains. And at night, the stars are amazing once you get a short distance out of the small towns along the way -- just very little light pollution. - [http://rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/13316797.cfm]

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U.S. 50 East from Carson City through Ely into Utah
Click to see more!	Name	Type	Route	W Lon	N Lat	dx1	El
	Overland Hotel in Fallon		50 E
	Gold Hill – Township of Gold Hill on hwy 342 near Virginia City		50 E; North Hwy 342
	Dayton – Town of Dayton, Gold Canyon Restaurant, Nevada State Park at Dayton		395 S; 50 E	119.587	39.248	42	4330
	Berlin - Icthyosaur State Park	NSP	80 E;			158
	Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site 1965 Rally pictures
	A Toquima Range Tour by Moore's Creek Ranch and through Belmont and Manhattan and Kingston. From the Big Smokey Valley to Monitor Valley and 'round Round Mountain.
	Austin Nevada		50 E
	Bob Scott Summit	BLM	50 E
	Hickison Petroglyphs	BLM	50 E
	Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park		93 S
	Great Basin National Park/Lehman Caves		50 E
U.S. 50 West from Carson City through South Lake Tahoe into California
	Zephyr Cove RV Resort	Commercial	50 W
	Campground by the Lake, South Lake Tahoe	City Campground	50 W
	Spooner Lake	NV State Park	50 W
	Hope Valley-Pickett’s Junction	NFS Dispersed	88 W

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US-50 across Nevada (The Lonliest Road) is great! We drove it last year, and there are lots of things to see, if you have the time. Here are some of the places we dry camped along the way:

1. Carson City Nugget Casino
2. Dayton State Park
3. Churchhill County Fairgrounds (Fallon)
4. Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park (south of US-50)
5. Hickison Petroglyph Recreation Area
6. Illipah Reservoir Recreation Area
7. Holiday Inn Prospector Casino (Ely) (this isn't actually dry camping as they have full hookups -- first night is free, less than $10 per night thereafter with a 5-day maximum stay)
8. Great Basin National Park

melvina, May 16, 2004, escapees discussion forums

Other Links

History of Highway 50 - http://www.route50.com/history.htm -

White Pine County Historical Society - http://www.webpanda.com/white_pine_county/historical_society/attractions/hwy_50.htm -

Wulf Berg's site - http://www.route50.com/ - and Nevada page: http://www.route50.com/nevada.htm -

Nevada's Highway 50: The road less traveled by Michael Raffety, Editor http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/hwy50.shtml -

The Mailliard Site about 50 and 6 - http://www.millardcounty.com/highway506.html -

Ecological Sites - http://www.schweich.com/ushwy50A.html -

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1) Approximate distance in miles from the junction of U.S. 395 and Interstate 80 in Reno NV