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All the United States California Loyalton

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Loyalton

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Loyalton, California

Updated October 18, 2023

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Loyalton, The Loneliest Town in America

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.
Wheeler Sheep Camp, with oven

Loyalton, California

Kyburz Flat

A Native American petroglyph, the site of an emigrants' waystation, and the ruins of an early 20th-century sheep camp are all found at this crossroads.
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View over the quartz outcrops.

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Crystal Mine

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.
10 miles from Loyalton
Western Pacific Railroad Museum

Portola, California

Western Pacific Railroad Museum

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.
15 miles from Loyalton
Webber Falls

Sierraville, California

Webber Falls

A little-known, but surprisingly large waterfall on the Little Truckee River in the northern Sierra Nevada.
15 miles from Loyalton
Webber Lake Hotel

Sierraville, California

Webber Lake Hotel

The only remaining hotel on the 1860s Henness Pass route over the Sierra Nevada is being restored.
15 miles from Loyalton
North face of the monument.  170 miles, 47 chains from Oregon to here.  A “chain” is 66 feet, so there are 80 chains in a mile.

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Von Schmidt Monument

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.
16 miles from Loyalton
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