Destinations · Nevada
Virginia City
NV · 39.3103, -119.6494
Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway and Mount Rose Highway are 2 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Virginia City, Nevada.
Understand
Virginia City was a boomtown that sprung up around the 1859 discovery of massive silver deposits. At its peak, the city had a population of around 25,000 and was one of the most important cities in the American west. This was followed by a quick decline however, as silver deposits became exhausted starting in the 1880s. Today, Virginia city is a small town of about 1,000 residents that has managed to maintain much of its 19th-century "Old West" feel. It is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The same roads run past Republic of Molossia, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Virginia City 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
- Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway · 5 mi
- Mount Rose Highway · 8 mi
- Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive · 16 mi · national
- Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway · 29 mi · national
Public land
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · 7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit · 13 mi
- Tahoe National Forest · 19 mi
Campgrounds
- Galena Creek Visitor Center · 11 mi
- Mt. Rose Campground · 13 mi
- Genoa Peak Road 14N32 · 24 mi
- Boca Springs Campground · 24 mi
- Boca Campground · 25 mi
- Boca Rest Campground · 25 mi
- Boyington Mill Campground · 25 mi
- Zephyr Cove Resort · 26 mi
Lookouts
- Scenic lookout · 15 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 17 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 23 mi
- Cave Rock · 24 mi
Named places
- Mark Twain Museum · 0 mi
- S H & N Mill - Former Site of · 0 mi
- William Sharon · 0 mi
- Ponderosa Mine Tour · 0 mi
- The Great Fire of 1875 · 0 mi
- Dowling's Blacksmith Shop · 0 mi
- Haunted Washoe Club Museum · 0 mi
- Comstock Firemen's Museum · 0 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Republic of Molossia · 6 mi
- Reno · 17 mi
- Incline Village · 18 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 22 mi
- Silver Springs · 24 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 26 mi