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Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City, Nevada
Preserved Comstock Lode silver town with wooden sidewalks, saloons and a heritage railroad.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Virginia City boomed after the Comstock Lode was found in 1859 and is now a National Historic Landmark district perched on Mount Davidson. It has boardwalk-lined C Street, Piper's Opera House, mine sites and the V&T railway to Gold Hill. About 24 miles from Reno via SR 341.
Good to know
- Come on a weekday for fewer crowds
- The V&T railway runs heritage trips
- Steep streets, take care with big rigs
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Paved SR 341/342, steep town streets
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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