Nevada Vacations Idea #1:
Great Basin National Park features Wheeler Peak, the second highest peak in Nevada. It is topped by a glacier and home to
Lehman Cave. This beautiful limestone cave is famous for its dense cave formations and large quantity of shield formations. The park has some 65 miles of hiking trails. The high altitude can be a problem for some people.
Vacation Ideas in Nevada #2:
Take a
Desert Tour in a 4x4 air-conditioned Hummer. The Grand Canyon Tour Company is one of many companies offering a desert tour. They will take you out in the desert near Las Vegas to places like Deadmans Gulch, Joshua Forest, Ghost Ranch, Skull Cave, and Look out Point. It's a wild adventure of a lifetime.
Nevada Vacations Idea #3:
Mesquite, Nevada is the small-town alternative to Vegas. Located 80 miles north of Vegas in the beautiful Virgin River Valley, Mesquite boasts four casinos. Besides gambling there are four excellent golf courses, several luxury spas that feature heated mineral pools, aromatherapy and Watsu water massage. Nearby are the towering cliffs of the Virgin River Gorge.
Vacation Ideas in Nevada #4:
Eureka is one of the best-preserved mining cities in the American West. Silver mines made it a boom town until the late 1800's. Though the 50 mines are now shutdown, the city continues to prosper with many of the old buildings intact. The Eureka Opera House and the Eureka County Court House are two fine examples. The Eureka Sentinel Building is a preserved 19th century newspaper shop.
Vacation Ideas in Nevada #5:
For bicyclists the
The 'X' Rides just might be for you. This annual ride celebrates the
"Extraterrestrial Highway", Highway 375, which runs along that mysterious
Area 51. There are two rides. One is a road "night ride" on the ET Highway. The other goes off-road to the Area 51 security perimeter.
Vacation Ideas in Nevada #6:
Visit
The Ponderosa Ranch, the filming location of television's Bonanza. It's located near Lake Tahoe on the exact spot seen on the "Burning Map" at the beginning of every episode. The ranch is now a Western Studio and Theme Park where you can experience the sights and sounds of the real west and the "reel" west.
