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Carson City Nevada

Travel Show host Erik Hastings experiences Carson City's rich history, culture, recreational and culinary attractions. Erik tours Nevada's historic capital and finds plenty of food, fun, and scenic beauty of this authentic American West destination. VisitCarsonCity.com for more information.

Total Travel Estimate from Fernley:
59 minutes   /   49.66 miles

Fallon Nevada

Fallon is located about 60 miles east of Reno at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 93. This farming and ranching community is the place to go for some adventure. Just east of Fallon is Sand Mountain, a huge sand dune perfect for riding motorcycles and other off-road vehicles. You can also visit Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, a stopping point on the migratory route for birds.

Total Travel Estimate from Fernley:
To Fallon NV
32 minutes   /   27.71 miles
To Sand Mountain
57 minutes   /   53.59 miles

Genoa, Nevada
Nevada's First Recorded Settlement

Douglas County and Carson Valley history is very young, an important chapter in the romantic "Old West". Explorers and trappers made their way through this area but it wasn't until June of 1851 when John Reese and his party built a trading post that the area began to attract settlers and became a permanent settlement.

Total Travel Estimate from Fernley:
1 hour 19 minutes   /   65.00 miles

Lovelock, Nevada

The City Of Lovelock, known as the “Banana Belt”, was established in 1868 and incorporated on September 26, 1917, is a community of approximately 2400 people located 90 miles east of Reno along Interstate 80.  Lovelock is 2 square miles in size, which includes 3 public parks, skateboard park, a community swimming pool, hospital, elementary, middle and high school, public library, community center and many businesses ranging from feed stores to casinos.

Total Travel Estimate from Fernley:
52 minutes   /   61.19 miles

Special Events

The Great Reno Balloon Race

The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot air ballooning event in the Nation.

During three days in early September, you can look up into the Reno skies and see a rainbow of hot air balloons soaring about. From its humble beginnings in 1982 with just 20 balloons, The Great Reno Balloon Race has taken flight with more than 100 balloons each year.

Total Travel Estimate from Fernley:
36 minutes   /   34.70 miles

Local Events

Nevada Gunfighters were one of the favored features at the Multi-Cultural Festival that was held May 30th & 31st, 2009 at the Out of Town Park in Fernley.

This video is a 3 part scenario of the difference between a Hollywood gunfight, a real gunfight and how these guys would really like to see a gunfight end.

The Nevada Gunfighters are members of the National Rifle Association, and The American Frontier Reenactment Guild, national organizations dedicated, as we are, to the men, women and children who keep the historical heritage of the American Frontier alive through their Living History events, exhibitions, reenactment performances of the wild and woolly west.

Burning Man

Burning Man is an annual art festival and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

August 30 - September 6, 2010
Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At Burning Man 2010, we will inspect the daily course of city life and the future prospect of civilization. Prior to the event, we'll host an ongoing conversation about urban design and its impact on culture and community in the Metropol Blog Series.

Total Travel Estimate from Fernley:
1 hour 30 minutes   /   78.24 miles