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Got fishing, hiking or hot spring hunting on the mind? More than 80 per cent of Nevada is public land — the highest percentage among all states of the USA, which means this land literally is your land! Here are some exciting reasons to visit Nevada so you can explore it some more!
Nevadans are friendly. Just make sure you pronounce Nevada right. It’s ‘Neh-VAD-uh’, not ‘Neh-VAH-duh’. We suggest you practice saying that while getting to know the Silver State better.
Nevada has more ghost towns than ‘living’ towns
With around 100 locales with zip codes to 600+ ghost towns, Nevada has more historic mining camps and bygone boomtowns than actual populated cities and towns.
Burning Man’s Black Rock City is the largest temporary city in the world
With more than 70,000 partygoers in attendance each August — most only for about a week — Burning Man’s Black Rock City becomes not only the world’s largest temporary city, but also the sixth-largest urban environment in Nevada. Comprising elaborate theme camps, villages, art installations and individual camps, Black Rock City is so large that it builds its own post office, DMV and complete medical team.
The state of Nevada is the most mountainous in the Lower 48
Nevada claims 42 named summits over 11,000 feet, including eight of the nation’s ultra-prominent peaks, which means they rise a minimum of 4,900 feet up from their surrounding valleys.
Turquoise, garnet, and black fire opal galore means Nevada is a rockhounder’s paradise
Nevada is the country’s second-largest turquoise producer, tailing Arizona to the south, and has more turquoise mines than any other state. Try your luck at rockhounding black fire opal.
Nevada is one of the quietest places in the US
Home to some of the last remaining true dark skies in the country, expect to uncover the holy grail of stargazing. Nevada serves up thousands of stars, galaxies, and planets to your naked eye — some visible nowhere else on earth.
Nevada is home to nearly 50% of the nation’s wild horse herds
More than 60,000 wild mustangs and burros roam the Silver State — more than half the entire population of wild horses in the US.
Nevada has more natural hot springs than any other state
With more than 300 natural hot springs bubbling up across the Silver State, know that in this soak-rich state, there’s probably going to be a hot spring waiting for you at the end of the road. Plan a spa-day at one of Nevada’s luxurious resort hot springs.
