Destinations · Nevada
Austin
NV · 39.4918, -117.0680
The Loneliest Road in America is a signed byway within 30 miles of Austin, Nevada.
Understand
Austin is an unincorporated town in Lander County, Nevada. In 2010, the census-designated place of Austin had a population of 192. It is on the western slopes of the Toiyabe Range at an elevation of 6,605 feet (2,013 m). U.S. Route 50 passes through the town; this section of Route 50 is considered to be the "Loneliest Road in America".
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Austin are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- The Loneliest Road in America · inside
Public land
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · inside
Campgrounds
- Bob Scott Campground · 4 mi
- Big Creek Campground · 11 mi
- Kingston Campground · 19 mi
- Toquima Cave Campground · 26 mi
- San Juan Dispersed Campground · 28 mi
Named places
- Austin Historical Society Museum · 0 mi
- Bert T Gandolfo Park · 0 mi
- South Hill · 0 mi
- Central Hill · 0 mi
- North Hill · 1 mi
- Clifton · 1 mi
- Fandango Hill · 1 mi
- Mount Prometheus · 1 mi
A day out of Austin, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Central Nevada · 27 mi