Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Virginia City Historic District is situated 1¼ miles south of Utah Shaft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Virginia City and Gold Hill.

Virginia City is a small Old West town south of Reno on highway 341, in Storey County, Western Nevada.

Hamlet

Gold Hill is an unincorporated community in Storey County, Nevada, United States, located just south and downhill of Virginia City. Gold Hill is situated 2½ miles south of Utah Shaft.

Silver City is a Census Designated Place and small residential community in Lyon County, Nevada, USA, near the Lyon/Carson border. The population as of the 2020 census was 155. Silver City is situated 4½ miles south of Utah Shaft.

Utah Shaft

Latitude

39.32769° or 39° 19′ 40″ north

Longitude

-119.64074° or 119° 38′ 27″ west

Elevation

6,037 feet (1,840 metres)

Open location code

85F289H5+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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