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Rural Southern Nevada encompasses the sparsely-populated counties of Esmeralda County, Lincoln County, Mineral County, and Nye County, to the north and northwest of Las Vegas.
Towns
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Map of Rural Southern Nevada
- 1 Beatty
- 2 Caliente
- 3 Goldfield
- 4 Hawthorne
- 5 Pahrump
- 6 Panaca – Mormon settlement, oldest town in Southern Nevada, and gateway to the colorful canyons of Cathedral Gorge State Park
- 7 Pioche – former mining town
- 8 Rachel – famous for being the closest habitation to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51
- 9 Tonopah – once home to the richest silver mine in Nevada, now a semi-ghost town whose economy is propped up by a nearby military test range
Other destinations
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- 1 Basin and Range National Monument — 704,000 acres (2,800 km2) of rugged wilderness
- 2 Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site - 45 mi (72 km) northeast of Tonopah, Belmont was the former seat of Nye County, but now a ghost town. The Belmont Courthouse was built in 1876 and was in use for 30 years. Tours are given during the summer. Contact the Nevada State Parks Southern Region for dates and times.
- 3 Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park
- 4 Diana's Punch Bowl - A geothermal spring at the bottom of a hole.
- 5 Lunar Crater National Natural Landmark - 110 km (68 mi) away from anything, it's the place where NASA trained moon-maneuvers for the Apollo missions. It's a remnant of a volcanic activity - "maar", 183 m (600 ft) deep and 1.6 km2 in size.
