Stewart Creek Trail

...Nevada has got some amazing "under the radar" hot springs, but this was one of my personal favorites. Nevada has got some hidden gems, especially hot springs throughout the state, but this one really stuck out to me the most. It was probably because of the amazing scenery, the humble people and the wild burros. Plus, the time that I was there (early September), the weather was perfect. This...

Normally I wouldn't agree with thousands of shoes hanging from a beautiful tree, but the story behind the Middlegate Shoe Tree is too meaningful not to enjoy. The legendary story states that a young newlywed couple was camping under the tree one night and got into an argument. When the woman threaten to leave, the young man tied her shoes together and threw them up in the tree so the young woma...

The Sand Dunes are located along "The Loneliest Road in America" US-Hwy 50, 85 miles east of Reno, Nevada. The 650 foot high, and almost 5,000 acres of rare dunes are literally in the middle of no where. From Fallon, Nevada on US-Hwy 50, head east for 25 miles until you see the dunes just off the road to your left. Once you enter the recreation area you will have 30 minutes free of charge, befo...

Sand Mountain, located just off Highway 50 in Nevada aka "The Loneliest Highway", is perhaps best known as an OHV-paradise, with off-road enthusiasts descending on it like a swarm of buzzing mechanical beasts. Most don't know that the BLM-managed Recreation Area also has numerous trails around the dunes and into the surrounding mountains, providing vast views of the surrounding Basin and Range ...

The ghost town of Candelaria lies in rural Nevada, where desolate two-lane highways give way to even quieter roads of broken up pavement. Once a booming silver town, Candelaria's isolated location is somewhat to blame for it having become the empty unpopulated place it is today. Originally settled by miners during the time of the Civil War, the boomtown became a thriving place of about 3000 pe...

Warm Springs, Nevada at the crossroads of Route 6 and 375 aka "The Extraterrestrial Highway" is a long-abandoned ghost town that was once a stopover for stagecoaches and travelers crossing the massive basin and range province. Two buildings and a hot-spring fed pool are all that remain. The source of the water is far too hot for bathing but it flows downhill into a large, algae-free pool partia...