Nevada
Places in Nevada worth the detour, from town festivals, scenic drives, and fairs & rodeos, each compiled from its own sources with season, fees, and directions.
Towns: Ely, Boulder City, Gardnerville, Tonopah, Virginia City, Elko, Pahrump, Carson City. All the towns of Nevada.
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Hot Springs
- Carson Hot Springs ResortCarson City, NV · Historic hot springs resortSituated in Nevada's Capital City, this large natural hot spring has been relied upon for more than 150 years; first used by American Indians pre-statehood and rediscovered in 1849.
- David Walley's Hot Springs ResortGenoa · Hot springs resortSurrounded by the picturesque views of the Sierra Nevada, David Walley's Resort is a getaway for all ages. Since its conception almost 160 years ago, the resort has offered patrons the ultimate relaxation experience thanks to its mineral-rich waters.
- Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs (Hot Well)Dyer · Free, wild soakA large, heavy-duty, below-ground concrete tub with impressive flow from the nearby source; its outflow trickles into huge natural ponds surrounded by marshy vegetation full of wildlife.
- Soldier Meadows Hot SpringsGerlach · Natural hot springs on BLM landSome of Nevada's most beautiful public-lands natural hot springs nestled at the edge of the Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon, in the Black Rock High Rock Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area.
- Spencer Hot SpringsAustin · Cluster of natural springs on public landCluster of natural springs on public land, managed by the Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Steamboat Hot Springs Healing Center & SpaReno · Natural mineral hot springs and wellness spaReno, Nevada's only mineral hot springs.
- Virgin Valley Campground & Warm SpringDenioA trip to Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge provides visitors the opportunity to disconnect from daily life and enjoy the fresh air, warm pools and hidden treasures of northwest Nevada.
Swimming Holes
- Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation AreaLaughlin · State recreation areaNevada's southernmost state park, about two miles of sandy Colorado River shore just south of Laughlin, where water leaving Davis Dam runs clear and cool year round.
- Cave LakeEly · State parkA 32-acre trout reservoir in the Schell Creek Range southeast of Ely, Nevada, drained in 2021 to rebuild its 1939 dam and full again by March 2025.
- Echo Canyon State ParkPioche · State parkA Lincoln County reservoir park twelve miles east of Pioche, Nevada, where a 65-acre lake held by a 1969–70 dam lies under basalt cliffs at the head of Dry Valley.
- Rye Patch State Recreation AreaLovelock · State recreation areaOpen year-round, Rye Patch State Recreation Area is situated on a 22-mile long reservoir that has 72 miles of shoreline and 11,000 acres of water surface when full. Visitors enjoy camping, picnicking, swimming and water-skiing, and fisherman delight in the available white bass, catfish, black bass and walleye.
- Sand Harbor Swim BeachIncline Village · State parkThe largest alpine lake in North America, Lake Tahoe is a cobalt blue lake atop the Sierra Nevada mountain range. On its eastern shores, gently sloping beaches, crystal-clear water and interesting rock formations allow for wonderfully sublime swimming, kayaking and scuba diving at Sand Harbor. Boaters, water-skiers and fisherman can easily launch from one of the park's two ramps. Visitors who would like a peaceful retreat from surf and sun can picnic in the shade of cedars and Jeffrey pines in one of many picnic sites equipped with barbecues and tables. The park also hosts the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival every summer.
- Walker Lake Recreation AreaRecreation areaThe 30,000-acre, 12 mile long by 5 mile wide lake has a shoreline that varies from steep and rocky on the west side to sandy beaches on its east side.
Trailheads
- Cathedral Gorge State ParkPanaca · State parkA Nevada state park two miles northwest of Panaca, where slot canyons run through the clay of an old lakebed and a CCC water tower of the 1930s still stands.
- Grimes Point Archaeological AreaFallon · Archaeological siteA field of petroglyph boulders beside U.S. 50 east of Fallon, Nevada, on the old shore of Lake Lahontan, with a sealed storage cave reached only by guided tour.
- Hickison Petroglyph Recreation AreaAustin · Historic & cultural siteA free BLM campground and petroglyph trail in the piñons off U.S. 50 east of Austin, Nevada, where horseshoe-shaped carvings have been read as hoofprints, hunting omens, and puberty marks.
- Red Rock Canyon NCA (Lost Creek Trailhead)Las Vegas · Self-guided interpretive trailSelf-guided interpretive trail in the Mojave Desert at Red Rock Canyon, introducing visitors of all ages to pictographs, lessons of desert life, towering views, and a hidden seasonal waterfall that flows December through April.
- Valley of Fire State Park (Mouse's Tank Trailhead)Overton · State parkWorld-renowned for its 40,000 acres of bright red Aztec sandstone outcrops nestled in gray and tan limestone, Valley of Fire State Park contains ancient, petrified trees and petroglyphs dating back more than 2,000 years.
- Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic ParkEly · State historic parkPerched in the Egan Mountain Range in eastern Nevada, a scenic, forested retreat featuring six beehive shaped charcoal ovens that were used from 1876 through 1879 to help process rich silver ore.
Rockhounding
- Berlin-Ichthyosaur State ParkGabbs · State parkA Nye County state park that holds Berlin, a company-owned gold camp of the 1890s, and a barn sheltering giant ichthyosaur bones left in the rock where they were found.
- Garnet Hill Rockhound AreaEly · Public recreation areaA Bureau of Land Management rockhound area in the Egan Range west of Ely, Nevada, where dark almandine garnets weather out of pink rhyolite and wash into the gullies.
- Ice Age Fossils State ParkNorth Las Vegas · State parkA 315-acre state park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, where a trail runs through trenches bulldozed in 1962–63 to test whether people and Ice Age animals shared the valley.
- Oak Springs Trilobite SiteCaliente · Trilobite fossil siteA site with 500-million-year-old fossils and remains of six types of trilobites, including species considered among the oldest on the planet.
Gem Mining
- Bonanza Opal MineDenio · Opal minesA summer fee dig in opal tailings below Gooch Table in Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada, at a mine first worked in 1905, where a bulldozer blade once turned up a six-pound opal.
- GemfieldGemfield · Local serviceA pay-to-dig rockhounding claim off Highway 95 near Goldfield, Nevada, where six kinds of chalcedony go home at a dollar a pound on the honor system.
- Otteson Brothers Royston Mine ToursTonopah
- Rainbow Ridge Opal MineDenio · Fee dig mineJust south of the Oregon border in a ruggedly remote corner of Nevada sits the Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine, home to rare, semi-precious gems sought by rockhounds everywhere.
- Royal Peacock Opal MinesDenio · Opal mine and campgroundSince 1981, Royal Peacock Opal Mines in Virgin Valley, Nevada has welcomed families and serious rockhounds to dig for precious opals that are yours to keep.
- Royston Turquoise Dig (High Desert Gems & Minerals)Tonopah · Fee digShovel and screen your own turquoise from the mine's large ore pile. Each person in your family/group will be provided their own screen and dig area.
- The Pleiades Mine pay-to-digAustin · Rockhounding siteFamily-run experience in the mountains north of Austin where visitors dig for rare opalized fluorite found almost nowhere else on Earth.
Scenic Drives
- Angel Lake Scenic BywayWells · Scenic bywayNevada State Route 231 climbs 3,000 feet in twelve miles from Wells to Angel Lake, a glacial cirque tarn closed in September 2026 for construction of a new dam.
- Bitter Springs Back Country BywayOverton · Back country byway (BLM type II)A 28-mile BLM dirt road in Clark County that leaves Highway 169 at a hard bend and crosses the crest of the Muddy Mountains to a desert spring in Echo Wash.
- California Trail Back Country BywayThousand Springs area · Type iA 96-mile Bureau of Land Management byway in Elko County, Nevada, running beside the California Trail, where emigrant wagon ruts still show near Thousand Springs.
- Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country BywaySilver Springs · Back country byway - type i & type IIA 67-mile BLM back-country route in western Nevada running from the adobe ruins of Fort Churchill, an 1860 Army post, over the Pine Nut Mountains to Wellington.
- Gold Butte Back Country BywayMesquite · Back country bywayThe Gold Butte Back Country Byway is a 62-mile loop south of Mesquite, Nevada, past a 1908 mining camp, wagon masters' axle-grease signatures, and a 110-foot sinkhole.
- Lake Tahoe & Mount Rose Scenic BywayLake Tahoe · Scenic bywayNevada State Scenic Byway that climbs 4,000 feet over Mount Rose from the sagebrush of Reno to ponderosa pines and Lake Tahoe at Incline Village; passes through Tahoe Meadows near the Sierra Nevada's highest year-round pass.
- Lamoille Canyon Scenic BywayNV · State byway, forest service bywayThis byway travels to Lamoille Canyon, carved into the Ruby Mountains by glaciers and known for its U-shaped canyons, valleys, peaks, and year-round snowfields.
- Lovelock Cave Back Country BywayLovelock · Cave with historic significanceAnnual three-day event hosted by the BLM Humboldt River Field Office for hundreds of local fourth graders from Winnemucca, Lovelock, McDermitt, and Orovada. Activities include stations on local tribal culture, ethnobotany, emigrants, and the archaeology and geology of the cave, a simulated atlatl throwing game, and wildlife presentations. Held each year in May as part of Nevada Archeology and Historic Preservation Month.
- Lunar Crater Back Country BywayTonopah · Scenic loopA 24-mile unpaved loop through a volcanic field in Nye County, Nevada, where Apollo astronauts trained among cinder cones around a crater shaped like those on the moon.
- Mount Wilson Back Country BywayPioche · Backcountry bywayAn approximately 66-mile Type II route through Lincoln County, Nevada, that loops around the Wilson Range.
- Mt. Charleston Scenic BywayMt. Charleston · State bywayThirty-six miles on three state routes - Lee Canyon Road (SR 156), a portion of Kyle Canyon Road (SR 157), and Deer Creek Road (SR 158) - link U.S. 95 with the majestic, 11,918-foot Mt. Charleston in the Spring Mountain Range.
- Pyramid Lake Scenic BywaySutcliffe · Travel serviceY-shaped route sponsored by Native Americans and located within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in Nevada. Runs partially along the southern end of the desert-locked Pyramid Lake and passes fish hatcheries operated by the Paiute Tribe.
- Red Rock Canyon Back Country BywayLas Vegas · 13 mile-one-way paved road (scenic drive)A 13-mile one-way paved road through the heart of the Conservation Area, with 12 parking areas and trailheads and the visitor center at the beginning of the drive.
- Success Loop Scenic DriveEly · Scenic loop roadAn alpine loop near Ely that winds through the verdant Schell Creek Range, with scenic vistas and opportunities for hiking and camping.
- The Loneliest Road in America (US 50)Carson City, Dayton, Fallon, Austin, Eureka, Ely, Baker · US highway 50 road tripThis famous Nevada road trip is a gateway to ghost towns, historic mining communities, state parks, recreation and Sagebrush Saloons.
- Valley of Fire Scenic BywayOverton · Scenic bywayThe Valley of Fire Scenic Byway takes travelers past geologic marvels like Arch Rock, Elephant Rock, and the Fire Canyon Overlook.
- Wheeler Peak Scenic DriveBaker · Scenic driveTaking a drive along the Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive is a highlight of any visit to Great Basin National Park. A true mountain road, the scenic drive hugs the mountains of the South Snake Range, slowly winding you to a point above all others, where vistas reach the horizon, and one is met with a pristine view of the rugged and harsh, yet beautiful, Great Basin Desert.
Train Rides
- Nevada Northern Railway MuseumEly · MuseumCome to Ely, #Nevada and ride a #steamtrain at our #historic #railroad #museum
- Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City (Nevada Southern Railway)Boulder City · Excursion train ridesTrain rides are offered Saturdays and Sundays except summer. Travel behind one of our historic diesel-electric locomotives in early 20th century rail cars along the original Boulder City Branch Line. This 10 mile round-trip between Boulder City and Paradise Hills last approximately 45 minutes.
- Virginia & Truckee RailroadVirginia City · Heritage railroadTake a narrated 35-minute scenic ride from Virginia City to Gold Hill and back aboard the legendary Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Travel historic rails once used to carry passengers, dignitaries, and millions of dollars in Comstock gold and silver ore.
Roadside Attractions
- Alien Research CenterHikoA silver Quonset-hut souvenir shop on the Extraterrestrial Highway near Hiko, Nevada, where a 2019 Storm Area 51 festival drew a tenth of its planned crowd.
- Goldwell Open Air MuseumBeatty · Open air museumAn outdoor sculpture park at the edge of Rhyolite ghost town near Beatty, Nevada, begun in 1984 with hollow plaster ghosts posed as Leonardo's Last Supper.
- International Car Forest of the Last ChurchGoldfieldA field of more than 40 junked cars, buses, and trucks set on end in the desert outside Goldfield, Nevada, where the man who began it lies buried.
- Seven Magic MountainsHenderson · Art installationSeven towering totemic forms made from thirty-three brightly painted, locally sourced boulders, with columns 30 to 35 feet high.
- Thunder Mountain MonumentImlay · Unconventional sculpture gardenOpen-air folk-art gallery of fierce and unique concrete sculptures that reads as a creative garden with a sprinkle of theme park and backyard fort.
- Tom Devlin's Monster MuseumBoulder City · Monster museumCurated by an award-winning special makeup effects artist, the museum celebrates horror movie icons through screen-used props, life-size figures, and an on-site screening room.
- Tom Kelly Bottle HouseRhyolite (unincorporated) · Roadside oddityA glass-bottle-and-mortar house built by miner Tom T. Kelly from 50,000 discarded beer and liquor bottles; the surviving structure beside the Cook Bank and the railway depot at Rhyolite. Nevada's best preserved bottle house.
- Wendover WillWest Wendover · Mechanical neon cowboy signA six-story mechanical neon cowboy decked out in 1,184 feet of neon tubing, straddling the Utah-Nevada state line in West Wendover and waving road trippers over the border into Nevada.
Ghost Towns
- Aurora Ghost TownHawthorne · Ghost townOne of the true Nevada boomtown greats, where gold and silver discoveries beckoned 10,000 people; nearly all buildings knocked down, with foundations and the historic cemetery remaining.
- Eldorado Canyon and Techatticup Mine (Nelson)Nelson · Gold mine and ghost townThe oldest, richest, and most famous gold mine in southern Nevada, the Techatticup Mine awaits photographers and history buffs in stunningly scenic Eldorado Canyon, just 45 minutes outside Las Vegas.
- Rhyolite Ghost Town (Rhyolite Historic Area)Beatty · Ghost townFormer gold-mining boomtown on the road from Beatty to Death Valley; surviving ruins include the Cook Bank Building and Tom Kelly Bottle House.
- Seven Troughs Ghost TownLovelock · Ghost townA 20th century gold mining town in the Seven Troughs Range; standing stamp mill, miner cabins, and old cars remain.
- St. Thomas Ghost TownMoapa Valley · Ghost townA Mormon farming and railroad settlement flooded by Lake Mead when the dam filled in the 1930s; the ghost town's remains are exposed again and visitors can roam the roads and trails of the former town.
- Tybo Ghost TownTonopah · Ghost townOnce-booming gold mining town in the Hot Creek Mountains; intact ruins include the Tonopah Consolidated Mining hoist house and headframe, Wells Fargo Office, charcoal kilns, miner cabins and stamp mill foundations.
- Unionville Ghost TownLovelock · Ghost townLiving ghost town in the Humboldt Range between Winnemucca and Lovelock; survives with about 20 people today, the Mark Twain cabin, stone walls, miner cabins and a general store.
- Virginia CityVirginia City · Old west mining townA preserved Old West silver-mining town famous for the 1859 Comstock Lode discovery, the entire town on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark. Today the town has a small year-round population with preserved C Street district, museums, saloons, hotels, mine tours, and haunted buildings.
Factory Tours
- Accardi Book ArtsGardnerville · Book arts studio and binderyA paper- and fabric-marbling studio and bindery in Gardnerville, Nevada, kept by Pietro and Vanessa Accardi, whose craft runs back to his father's 1950s print shop in Turin.
- Coin Press No. 1 DemonstrationsCarson City · Museum eventsEvery Saturday at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, Coin Press No. 1 strikes silver medallions in the old mint where it struck the first CC dollars in 1870.
- Comstock Gold MillVirginia City · Last fully operational stamp mill in the stateThe last fully operational stamp mill in Nevada, a two-stamp Joshua Hendy mill built in 1864, runs on F Street in Virginia City beside the V&T tracks.
- Hoover Dam Visitor Center and Powerplant ToursBoulder City · Visitor center and toursNarrated exhibits on the history of Hoover Dam with a 360-degree Observation Deck view of the dam, the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and the Hoover Bypass Bridge, plus the Original Exhibit Building's narrated 3D model of the region's dams and power systems.
- Lahontan National Fish HatcheryGardnerville · National fish hatcheryA federal hatchery south of Gardnerville, Nevada, where on Wednesdays from February to May biologists pair Pilot Peak cutthroat trout by genetic match, breeding a lake strain once thought lost.
- Pyramid Lake Fisheries HatcheriesSutcliffe · Fish hatcheryThe Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's trout and Cui-ui hatcheries at Sutcliffe, Nevada, where each spring mature cutthroat climb a man-made channel toward the scent of yearling fish.
- Spring Creek Rearing StationBaker · Fish rearing stationA Nevada Department of Wildlife trout rearing station on Snake Creek Road below Great Basin National Park, fed by a 57-degree spring the Shoshone hold sacred.
- Tuscarora Pottery SchoolTuscarora · SchoolA summer ceramics school in an 1877 rooming house at Tuscarora, Nevada, an hour north of Elko, where a red geodesic dome stays open to potters all night.
Flea Markets
- All American Swap MeetPahrump · Flea marketYear-round Saturday open-air swap meet on the grounds of VFW Post 10054 in Pahrump, Nevada, opening at first light and folding when the day turns too warm.
- Boulder Highway Swap MeetLas Vegas · Flea marketAn open-air weekend swap meet at 4700 Boulder Highway in Las Vegas, where the rows of tented stalls change week to week and the desert heat sets the hours.
- Broadacres MarketplaceNorth Las Vegas · Nevada's largest open air marketAn open-air market of more than 1,100 vendor spaces on 44 acres in North Las Vegas, begun in 1977 by a produce seller, with banda on the stage every Sunday.
- El Rancho Swap MeetSparks · Open-air marketA weekend flea market in Sparks, Nevada, held on the lot of the El Rancho Drive-In, which an accordionist opened in 1950 and whose screens still show first-run movies.
- Fantastic Indoor Swap MeetLas Vegas · Indoor swap meetAn enclosed swap meet of new goods at Decatur and Oakey in Las Vegas, open three days a week under a Fantastik sign that a furniture store left behind.
U-Pick Farms
- Gilcrease OrchardLas Vegas · Pick and pay orchardA you-pick orchard in northwest Las Vegas, planted about 1977 by brothers Ted and Bill Gilcrease on ranch land their parents bought around artesian springs in 1920.
- Jacob's Berry FarmGardnerville · Working berry farmThe farm has 265 new berry bushes and 30,000 honeybees have been added for honey and pollination.
- Lattin FarmsFallon · FarmOn-farm Growers Market in Fallon, NV, with pick-your-own produce and an annual Fall Festival on Fridays and Saturdays from late September through October.
- Sage & Soil NV farmstand at Lorntzen RanchYerington · Native plantsA seasonal gathering place full of produce, handmade goods, and the simple beauty of life in the high desert; Sage & Soil NV offers native plants and seeds, grown and chosen with care for this area and climate (Zone 6b/7a).
Wineries
- Artesian CellarsPahrump · Winery and tasting roomArtesian Cellars, a winery and restaurant in a remodeled house on Highway 160 in Pahrump, Nevada, pours wine made mostly from grapes grown in the Mojave and northern Nevada.
- Black Rabbit Mead CompanyReno · MeaderyNevada's first meadery, pouring carbonated, semi-dry mead from Sierra Nevada honey inside an 1889 narrow-gauge locomotive house on East Fourth Street in Reno.
- Charleston Peak WineryPahrump · Boutique estate wineryA boutique estate winery at the top of Winery Road in Pahrump, Nevada, on the site of the state's first fully licensed winery, whose first vines wild mustangs trampled.
- Kruze Rd WineryLovelock · Micro winery - outdoor seating onlyKruze Rd Winery is a family-owned micro-winery established in 2020 by teachers Val and Dave in Lovelock, Nevada. Inspired by Italian wine culture, they produce affordable red, white, and estate wines from local and sourced grapes, specializing in custom-labeled bottles for events.
Fairs & Rodeos
- Clark County Fair & RodeoLogandale · County fair and PRCA/WPRA rodeoA five-day April county fair and PRCA rodeo on 190 acres in Logandale, Nevada, begun in 1965 as the Moapa Valley Fair, where children ride sheep from bucking chutes.
- Douglas County RodeoGardnerville · RodeoThe Douglas County Rodeo is a two-night September rodeo and concert at the county fairgrounds in Gardnerville, Nevada, started in 2021 by three local partners on a $20,000 budget.
- Elko County FairElko · PRCA rodeoAn end-of-summer county fair in Elko, Nevada, first held in 1920, where ranch crews race the clock at hot-iron branding and nine local stables close the meet.
- Eureka County FairEureka · County fair and rodeoEureka County's August fair and rodeo, free to enter, on U.S. 50 just west of Eureka, Nevada, ends on Sunday with a team roping held in a local woman's memory.
- Lincoln County Nevada Fair and RodeoPanaca · Annual county fair and rodeoAn August county fair and rodeo at Panaca, Nevada, where children ten and under ride sheep in the afternoon and the top ten return for the night rodeo.
- Lyon County Fair & RodeoYerington · County fairThe Lyon County Fair, Rodeo & Silver State Youth Livestock Show fills the Yerington fairgrounds each August, from a Thursday-night pig scramble to a Sunday market-livestock auction.
- Reno RodeoReno · PRCA rodeoTen-day PRCA rodeo each June run by a nonprofit volunteer association, drawing over 140,000 fans as the 4th richest PRCA tour rodeo.
- State Fair of NevadaReno · State fairThe official State Fair of Nevada, revived in June 2026 at the Reno fairgrounds after its 2011 collapse, where youth livestock go to the Governor's Sale of Champions.
- Tri-County FairWinnemucca · RodeoWinnemucca, Nevada's Labor Day fair for Humboldt, Lander and Pershing counties, built around a rodeo its organizers bill as Nevada's oldest continuous one.
- White Pine Horse RacesEly · County fair and horse racesThoroughbred and quarter horse racing with pari-mutuel betting at the White Pine County Fairgrounds in Ely, Nevada, begun by ranchers and business people in 1934 to shake off the Depression blues.
Town Festivals
- Amargosa DaysSpring town festivalA free spring festival at Amargosa Valley Park in Nye County, Nevada, held since 1969 and opened each Saturday by a parade about 800 yards long.
- Armed Forces Day CelebrationHawthorne · Armed forces day celebrationHawthorne, Nevada's Armed Forces Day, held the third weekend of May and counted 75 times, ends its noon parade with the crowd carrying a large American flag to Veterans Memorial Park.
- Beatty DaysBeatty · Town birthday celebrationBeatty Days, the Nye County town's Halloween-weekend birthday party in Cottonwood Park, grew out of a 1990s effort to save the Rhyolite ghost town five miles away.
- Boulder City DamboreeBoulder City · Damboree parade and fireworks celebrationBoulder City, Nevada's Fourth of July Damboree, begun by American Legion Post 31 in 1949, runs from Rotary pancakes at dawn to a street water fight along Avenue B.
- Caliente Memorial Day HomecomingCaliente · Memorial day weekend traditionThe Memorial Day Homecoming in Caliente, Nevada, held since 1951: four days of parade, softball and veterans' rites, with beef cooked in a pit at Rose Park.
- Carson Valley DaysGardnerville · FestivalA four-day June festival at Lampe Park in Gardnerville, Nevada, first held in 1910 as a single "Carson Valley Day" with a free barbecue of three steers.
- Dayton Valley DaysDayton · Community festivalA two-day September street festival in Historic Downtown Dayton, Nevada, begun in 1989 to fund artists in local schools and later turned to saving the town's old buildings.
- Genoa Candy DanceGenoa · Annual genoa candy dance arts and crafts faireA two-day crafts faire and Saturday dinner dance in Genoa, Nevada, begun in 1919 to buy street lights and still paying the town's electric bill.
- Genoa Western Heritage DaysGenoa · FestivalGenoa Western Heritage Days is a spring weekend of cowboy poetry, Chautauqua and a horse parade in Genoa, Nevada, the first permanent settlement in what became the state.
- Goldfield DaysGoldfield · EventGoldfield Days is a three-day town celebration held the first weekend in August in Goldfield, Nevada, built around Esmeralda County's auction of tax-delinquent land.
- Jarbidge DaysJarbidge · Annual celebrationIn August, the townspeople gather for their annual celebration at Jarbidge Days, with outdoor live music and parade, a bar-b-que, Dutch oven cooking, mountain men village, children's craft-making center and games, craft fair, wagon rides, Bingo, and a Jarbidge narrated slide program.
- Jim Butler DaysTonopah · Memorial day weekend town celebrationTonopah, Nevada, spends Memorial Day week celebrating Jim Butler's 1900 silver strike, and at the Elks Lodge the Nevada State Mining Championships put men and women to jacking and mucking.
- Lovelock Frontier DaysLovelock · Weekend of family funAn annual summer weekend in Courthouse Park, Lovelock, Nevada, begun for the town's 1968 centennial, where contestants in harness drag a tractor that hasn't run in years.
- Lund Pioneer DaysLund · Annual lund rodeoLund Pioneer Days fills a July weekend in Lund, Nevada, around an amateur rodeo first held in 1898 and missed, its organizers say, only in 2020.
- Mesquite DaysMesquite · EventsFamily Fun Night, carnival, Mayor's Pancake Breakfast, parade and Mesquite Mile fun run.
- National Basque FestivalElko · Basque festivalElko, Nevada's three-day Basque festival on the Fourth of July weekend, whose national title, one organizer joked, the town took because nobody was using it.
- Nevada DayCarson City · Statehood paradeNevada's statehood celebration in Carson City, held downtown since 1938, where a four-hour parade follows a dawn balloon launch and precedes single-jack drilling into Sierra White granite.
- Panaca Pioneer DayPanaca · Pioneer days celebrationA two-day, family-friendly celebration honoring early settlers with food, festivities, and community traditions.
- Pioche Labor Day CelebrationPioche · Small-town celebrationThe Pioche Labor Day Celebration, held for over a century in an old Lincoln County, Nevada, silver camp, pairs mucking and drilling contests with lawnmower races and a drone show.
- Silver Springs & Stagecoach Founders DaySilver Springs · Block party car showThe Founders Day Block Party Car Show returns Saturday, October 10th at Penny Park as part of our special Silver Springs & Stagecoach America 250 Celebration!
- Smith Valley Fun DaysWellington · Fun daysThe Rotary Club of Smith Valley's two-day October fair at Dressler Park in Wellington, Nevada, where tractor pulls have shared the grounds with a quilt show and horse-drawn vehicles.
- Spring JamboreeBoulder City · An annual, fun-filled, FREE family eventA free two-day festival in historic downtown Boulder City, Nevada, that grew from a 1977 chamber sidewalk sale into four parks of booths, hot rods, and a pinup pageant.
- Winnemucca Basque FestivalWinnemucca · Annual festivalMeals, street dances, music performances, wood chopping and weight lifting.
Holiday Celebrations
- Eureka Fourth of July CelebrationEureka · 4th of july celebrationEureka, Nevada's Fourth of July, run by the volunteer fire department on Main Street, where the adult egg toss pays $100 and fireworks rise from a ridgetop.
- Fourth of July and Gridley DaysAustin · Annual town eventsAustin, Nevada's Fourth of July: a parade, barbecue, fireworks, and the Gridley Days rodeo, named for a merchant who lost an 1864 bet and carried flour through town.
- Labor Day on the Comstock and C Street paradesVirginia City · ParadesVirginia City's Labor Day weekend on Nevada's Comstock, where Union and Confederate reenactors fight over the saloons of North C Street just before the annual workers' parade.
- Moapa Valley Independence DayLogandale · Independence day celebrationA free, dawn-to-night Fourth of July at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Logandale, Nevada, where the fire district's engines hose down the crowd before noon.
- Red, White Pine, and Blue Independence Day FestivalEly · Community-wide festivalEly, Nevada's four-day Fourth of July festival, where Highway 50 closes for the parade and a cannon built for the 1876 centennial was polished for the nation's 250th.
Old-Time Music
- Jam On! monthly old-time jam at the Western Folklife Center (Elko)Elko · Free monthly jam sessionAll musicians and spectators welcome at this free monthly jam session. Mix of old-time fiddle tunes, folk songs, country tunes, ballads and more.
- Nevada State Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest (Eureka Opera House)Eureka · Old-time fiddlers' contestMay 14 & 15, 2027 at the Eureka Opera House in Eureka, Nevada
- Southern Nevada Old-Time Contra Dancers (Las Vegas)Las Vegas · Old-time contra danceContra Dance
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