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Attractions near Virginia City

Seeing Virginia City? Begin at Fourth Ward School

Among the places to visit in and near Virginia City are 10 ski areas, 5 museums and 3 gardens. The town itself has 2 places on our list; 27 others are within 40 miles. Beyond the town, the best known is Pyramid Lake, 50 mi off.

Attractions nearby
33
within 60 miles
The big one
26 mi
Lake Tahoe
Ski areas
12
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 26 mi southwest

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

The farthest of them, Desolation Wilderness, is 39 mi out.

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Orange: Virginia City. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

After the 2 in town come 31 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Virginia City lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Virginia City → · Virginia City’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Fourth Ward School: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Piper's Opera House: Vivaverdi, CC BY 3.0 · Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Pyramid Lake: Rhalden, Public domain · Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mackay Stadium: Lanski, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Rose Ski Tahoe: Beesmill, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reno Arch: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · National Automobile Museum: User:Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Pacific Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Evicknair at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Nevada Museum of Art: Rmart123, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ, JR, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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