If I left off your favorite Nevada road trip stop, please let me know in the comments or connect with me on Instagram. Or grab a copy of Lonely Planet’s Western USA Travel Guide. If you are exploring Highway 50, pick up Travel Nevada’s official Highway 50 Survival Guide and get it stamped in designated spots along the route to receive a “I Survived” certificate.įor more ideas to help you plan your next Nevada road trip, check out these additional resources from Bearfoot Theory, Thrillist, and Travel Nevada.You might even want to splurge on a GoPro to document your adventures. You will definitely want a small tripod for your iPhone to capture all those #WeirdNevada photo opps.If dog is your copilot, be sure to pack a travel water dish and food for them, too! Check out this awesome dog weekender kit.Be sure to include sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses in your backpack if you plan to go hiking.Visiting a National Park Service site like Lake Mead or Great Basin National Park? Consider buying an annual National Park pass – a great value.Download your maps before hand, or even better, bring a good, old fashioned folding map. Don’t rely on your cell phone for maps – you are pretty much guaranteed to lose cell service at some point during your Nevada road trip.Download a ton of podcasts ( here are my favorites) or my Nevada playlist on Spotify.Fill up on gas when you can – some small town businesses close at night and there are long stretches of highway without a gas station. ![]() Also – I’ve never seen a state with more fresh jerky stands, so be prepared to stop if that is your snack of choice. It’s hot and dry out there most of the year. Pack a couple of gallons of water in your car in case of emergencies.New to road tripping? Here are a few tips to set you up for success. Battle Born – Get To Know The Silver State Cue up my Nevada playlist and read on for the ultimate road trip guide to the best things to do in Nevada, off the beaten path. And while some 40 million people visit the Silver State to answer the siren call of fabulous Las Vegas, there’s so much more to see. Nevada is a place that never fails to surprise. I’ve also had the chance to traverse the state’s other main Interstates (not to mention back roads) during our RV travels, driving across Northern Nevada’s cowboy country and exploring the history-filled ghost towns near Death Valley. This route really showed off Nevada’s natural beauty, from the pine trees and snow topped mountains near Carson City to the otherworldly desert views of the Extraterrestrial Highway to the towering rock formations of Cathedral Gorge State Park. In February 2020, I spent a two-week road trip crossing across the central part of Nevada. If you think of Nevada as simply a state you drive through on your way to somewhere else, you’re missing out. Nevada checks all the boxes for me: gorgeous mountain views, acres and acres of public lands, wide open highways with quirky nicknames, a vague sense of underdog status. Is there a state more cut out for a road trip than Nevada? I think not.
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