Rochester
Rochester was a silver-mining town in Pershing County, Nevada, US, approximately 110 mi east of Reno. It is now a ghost town. Lower Rochester is still accessible to visitors, but was largely destroyed by a wildfire in 2012; Upper Rochester has been buried under mine tailings of the more recent Coeur Rochester open pit mine.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Locality
- Description: town in Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
- Also known as: “Rochester, Nevada” and “Rochester, NV”
Rochester
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Pershing, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.28886° or 40° 17′ 20″ north
Longitude
-118.16745° or 118° 10′ 3″ west
Elevation
6,158 feet (1,877 metres)
Open location code
85G37RQM+G2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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