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Nevada Highway 341

Virginia City, Nevada Area

The Virginia City Area consists of Storey County, Nevada, USA

 

 

Our “Great Western Circle” tour continues east on our Interstate 80 Reno, NV area page.

 

Exit 68 sign to Reno and I-80If you our following our “Great Western Circle” tour use this page from the bottom up.

Jump to the bottom of the page at Milepost 0

 

The City of Reno, Nevada

US 395 southbound

Nevada US Highway 395 Milepost 68 – Interstate 80 / Sparks / Reno, NV

US-395 Milepost 57 – Junction with NV Highway 341 to Virginia City

 

To bypass Virginia City go to our Carson City Area Page

 

Below is Nevada Highway 341 to US 50 through Silver City and Virginia City.

 

NV 341 southbound (Use from bottom up if following our “Great Western Circle” route).

Milepost 22 – Junction with Nevada US Highway 395 Milepost 57 (above, and go up from there to Reno) – Head north to Reno

Milepost 8 – Virginia City – A restored historic mining town with gift shops, restaurants, and a lot of historic information about the gold rush years of the 1850’s.

Milepost 7 – Junction with NV 342 loop to Gold Hill and Silver City

 

Milepost 6 on NV342 loop – Gold Hill

 

Milepost 5 on NV 342 loop – Silver City – The Historic mining town of Silver City which today consists of a couple of residences and a Masonic Hall.  There are also many, many old remnants of old mines and equipment along this loop.

 

 

 

Milepost signMilepost 4 – Junction with NV342 to Silver City and Gold Hill –  Note that there is a very steep grade on this loop and it is not recommended for RV’s and trailers.  This loop is only about three miles long and rejoins NV341 at the south end of Virginia City.

 

 

Milepost 0 – Junction with US 50 and beginning of NV341.  The Junction is 2 mi. east of Carson City on US 50

 

 

This is the southern end of our NV Highway 341 in the Virginia City, NV Area Page

Our “Great Western Circle” tour continues west on our US 50 Lake Tahoe, NV Area Page

 

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