Take the trip across Nevada’s backcountry, stop in any five of the seven largest towns (Baker, Ely, Eureka, Austin, Fallon, Dayton, and Fernley) to get your Official Highway 50 Survival Guide validated.

Travelers can pick up the free Loneliest Road survival guides at Chambers of Commerce, museums, restaurants, motels, and gas stations along Highway 50. Included is a state road map, the Loneliest Road Survival Guidebook showing some things to see, and a line map of the road.

Take the trip across Nevada’s heartland, stop in any five of the seven largest towns (Austin, Dayton, Eureka, Ely, Fallon, Fernley, and Baker) to get your Official Highway 50 Survival Guide validated and discover it for yourself.

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For additional road condition information, you can call the Nevada Department of Transporation at 775-888-7000, visit the NDOT Web site, or call the Bureau of Land Management at 775-726-8100.

From April 1860 to October 1861, dozens of brave young riders carried the U.S. mail by horseback on the Pony Express Trail , 1,800 miles between Sacramento, California and St. Louis, Missouri. Within eighteen months, three rider died. Today, Highway 50 roughly parallels the route of the Pony Express Trail.history_Pony_Express_Rider

Because Ely Nevada is situated at the junction of Highway 50 and U.S. 93, it has grown to become the largest city in eastern Nevada. Ely Nevada is the hub for outdoor recreation and historic sites. Ely’s greatest attraction to visitors, apart from comfortable lodgings, good food and magnificent natural surroundings, is the restored Nevada ...

Side roads and highways branch from Highway 50 and lead to destinations like Pyramid Lake, Fort Mason, Soda Lake, The Toiyabe Mountain Range, and Great Basin National Park. Today’s travelers can walk in the footsteps of miners, cattlemen, gunmen, and the area’s first farmers.

The town of Austin Nevada is located near the intersection of State Route 305 and Highway 50. Prior to 1862, the area surrounding Austin Nevada was considered an “unexplored” Nevada …

THE GREAT BASIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA is a geographical region encompassing White Pine County, Nevada; Millard County, Utah; and the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation that includes nationally significant archaeological, historical, cultural, natural and scenic features emblematic of the entire Great Basin region. Their website will help you learn more about the …