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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Yerington

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Yerington, Nevada

Updated March 5, 2024

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Looking south to Bald Mountain from the Pine Grove Hills.

Yerington, Nevada

Wovoka Wilderness

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.
Yerington pit lake, May 2015.  The road on the pit wall to the right indicates the relative depth.

Yerington, Nevada

Yerington Pit (Anaconda Copper Mine)

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.
Ruin of Pine Grove Hotel.  The first floor has been partly filled in by flash floods.

Yerington, Nevada

Pine Grove and Rockland

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.
Entrance gate to the Walker River State Recreation Area.

Yerington, Nevada

Walker River State Recreation Area

Nevada's second-newest state park offers camping, fishing, hiking, and river float trips.
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These concrete footings tower over you.

Lux, Nevada

Thompson Smelter

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.
12 miles from Yerington
Wilson Canyon

Smith Valley, Nevada

Wilson Canyon

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.
12 miles from Yerington
View of Ft. Churchill, looking northwest from the Visitor Center.

Silver Springs, Nevada

Fort Churchill

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.
22 miles from Yerington
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