Western Nevada
Western Nevada is in Nevada. It comprises Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County, and Washoe County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Carson City and Reno.
Carson City
Nevada's capital, Carson City is located along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada, in the Eagle Valley, just east of Lake Tahoe, south of Reno, and north of Douglas County and the Carson Valley communities of Minden, Gardnerville, and Genoa.
Reno
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Reno, the "Biggest Little City in the World", is in the beautiful north-west region of the State of Nevada, right at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Republic of Molossia
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The Republic of Molossia, is a micronation in Dayton, Western Nevada, with land near Alturas, California. The nearest sizable city is Reno, 27 mi away.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sparks and Fernley.
Sparks
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Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1904, incorporated on March 15, 1905, and is located just east of Reno. The 2020 U.S. Census counted 108,445 residents in the city.
Fernley
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Fernley is a city in Nevada located along Interstate 80 about 30 miles east of Reno. Fernley was best known in the United States as "that place most Amazon.com stuff ships from" due to the large depot the town had before Amazon moved their operations to Reno itself.
Virginia City
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Virginia City is a small Old West town south of Reno on highway 341, in Storey County, Western Nevada.
Minden
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Minden is a city in Nevada located a few miles south of Carson City in the Carson Valley which is east of Lake Tahoe. The town is about 2 miles west of Gardnerville.
Silver Springs
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Silver Springs is a census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States at the intersection of US 50 and US 95A. The population was 5,296 at the 2010 census.
Gardnerville
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Gardnerville is a city in Nevada, about 2 miles east of Minden. It is located in the Carson Valley a few miles south of Carson City.
Pyramid Lake
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Pyramid Lake is a lake in Nevada, United States. Enclosed entirely within the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reservation, it is the end point for the Truckee River which begins at Lake Tahoe.
Western Nevada
- Type: human settlement
- Description: place in Nevada, United States
- Location: Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
40.13° or 40° 7′ 48″ northLongitude of center
-119.36° or 119° 21′ 36″ westWikidata ID
Q7988099
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Western Nevada” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Nevada occidentale”
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