A report on Nevada and Reno, Nevada
Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about 22 mi from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World".
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Lake Tahoe
4 linksLarge freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.
Large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.
Lying at 6225 ft, it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City.
During ski season, thousands of people from all over Nevada and California, including Reno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacramento, flock to the slopes for downhill skiing.
Carson City, Nevada
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Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada.
The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada, about 30 mi south of Reno.
Sierra Nevada
3 linksMountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
Mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.
Because of the large number of airplanes that have crashed in the Sierra Nevada, primarily due to the complex weather and atmospheric conditions such as downdrafts and microbursts caused by geography there, a portion of the area, a triangle whose vertices are Reno, Nevada; Fresno, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada, has been dubbed the "Nevada Triangle", in reference to the Bermuda Triangle.
Sacramento, California
4 linksCapital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County.
Capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County.
Interstate 80 (I-80) is the major east–west route, connecting Sacramento with San Francisco in the west, and Reno in the east.
Sacramento is the northern terminus of the Amtrak California San Joaquins route which provide direct multiple-frequency passenger rail service to California's Central Valley as far as Bakersfield; Thruway Motorcoach connections are available from the trains at Bakersfield to Southern California and Southern Nevada.
Washoe County, Nevada
2 linksWashoe County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Its county seat is Reno.
Truckee River
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The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada.
It flows generally northeast through the mountains to Truckee, California, then turns sharply to the east and flows into Nevada, through Reno and Sparks and along the northern end of the Carson Range.
California Trail
2 linksEmigrant trail of about 1600 mi across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California.
Emigrant trail of about 1600 mi across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California.
About 1000 mi of the rutted traces of these trails remain in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and California as historical evidence of the great mass migration westward.
At the Humboldt Sink (about 100 mi northeast of present-day Reno, Nevada) the Humboldt River disappeared into a marshy alkali laden lake that late in some years was a dry lake bed.
Elko, Nevada
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Elko (Shoshoni: Natakkoa, "Rocks Piled on One Another") is the largest city in and county seat of Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Elko is the largest city between Salt Lake City and Reno, located along Interstate 80.
Lyon County, Nevada
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Lyon County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Lyon County comprises the Fernley, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Reno-Carson City-Fernley, NV Combined Statistical Area.
California Zephyr
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The California Zephyr is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville), via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno.
Nevada: Elko, Winnemucca, Reno