US 50 crosses the central portion of Nevada, entering the west side of the state near Lake Tahoe and exiting the east side near Great Basin National Park. The route crosses mostly desolate terrain in its journey across the state; US 50 passes …

U.S. Route 50 is known as Loneliest Road in America. Its most desolate, yet perhaps most interesting, stretch is its 300-mile span in Nevada, where the road crosses the expansive Great Basin...

Snag a Highway 50 Survival Guide (and first stamp) in Carson City, then hit the Loneliest Road, visiting Fallon, Sand Mountain, the Shoe Tree, and more en route to Austin NV.

Nov 12, 2024 · Don’t let the title “Loneliest Road in America” fool you. Nevada’s Highway 50 has been a major thoroughfare since the Pony Express connected the West. And when mail by horse faded with the dawn of the telegraph and automobile, the route blazed a new trail as the first transcontinental highway, from New York to San Francisco.

Route 50 spans the U.S. from California to the Atlantic oceans, linking Sacramento, California to Ocean City, Maryland. Where this highway travels through Nevada -- between South Lake Tahoe on the western, California border, and Baker near the eastern, Utah border, it is often called "the loneliest road in America."

Sep 17, 2024 · Route 50 in Nevada, otherwise known as “The Loneliest Road in America” opens up a vast expanse of endless desert, mountains and so much in between that will find you utterly enchanted by what you see. Think ghost towns, historical communities, state parks, alpine National Parks, traditional sagebrush saloons and unrivalled views at every turn.

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.

U.S. Route 50 is a transcontinental highway in the United States, stretching from the Sacramento region of California in the west to Ocean City of Maryland in the east. The Nevada portion, which goes through the center of the state, was named The Loneliest Road in America by Life magazine in …

Get a taste of authentic America along the Loneliest Road. Highway 50 has a unique claim to fame: it's "America's Loneliest Road." How did this humble highway through the Nevada desert gain such fame and notoriety? It all started with some bad press.

Aug 25, 2016 · The Nevada portion of Highway 50 is a 287-mile stretch with few towns, services, or rest stops, and quite a lot of high desert and big blue sky.