Uniquely Nevada

Item Description

Read up on all the greatest and interesting places to explore around Las Vegas for a day or even a weekend trip. Here are the books that are included:

Las Vegas & Vicinity Daytrippin' [Perfect Paperback] – 105 pages

A guide to both the history and some of the more permanent attractions and adventures found in Las Vegas and the surrounding areas. Mile by mile trips, using maps and both color and black and white photos to: Hoover Dam, Laughlin, Tonopah, Rhyolite, Ash Meadows, Nevada, Zion and Death Valley National Parks. Tour mines in Nevada and Arizona. Take sections of Route 66 in both Arizona and California. All trips are mile by mile showing available services en route.

Adventures With a Desert Bush Pilot [Paperback] – 135 pages

Explore and enjoy the vast Mojave Desert of decades ago with Sylvia, Slim and their small plane, Buttercup.

Mojave National Preserve: A Visitor's Guide (Travel and Local Interest) [Paperback] – 239 pages

Newly revised and updated with the cooperation of the National Park Service! With a thousand miles of desert roads and hundreds of natural attractions beckoning, Mojave is the third-largest national parkland in the U.S. The book features ten tours that direct visitors to the preserve’s highlights: the Mojave River Basin, Lava Beds, Providence Mountains and much more. The tours describe natural and historical features, day hikes, picnic areas, campsites and towns with clear maps and directions, nature and history notes and more.

Nevada Trails Western Region [Paperback] – 272 pages

This first volume in our Nevada series of Trails books features destinations in western Nevada, near the towns of Reno, Carson City, Virginia City, Tonopah and Hawthorne. Meticulous trail details instruct readers how to safely navigate hundreds of miles of the region's best scenic backroads and four-wheel drive trails. See ghost towns, numerous old mines and mill workings, old railroads and stage lines along 39 off-road routes. Directions include GPS coordinates and all trails are rated for difficulty, mileage, driving time, remoteness and more. Descriptions highlight ideal places to camp, hike, mountain bike, fish and sightsee. Histories recount days of the Wild West.

Out from Las Vegas; Adventures a Day Away: Adventures a Day Away (More of the West) [Paperback] – 288 pages

Out From Las Vegas: Adventures A Day Away is America's favorite guide to the great getaways and scenic trips just a day or less away from downtown Las Vegas. Listen to the wind in the spires of Cathedral Gorge or is that the voice of Mrs. Godbeos ghost riding over the hill from Bullionville? Look for lost diamonds in the McCulloughs or follow the old road to Alamo. Are there really unidentified flying objects in the evening skies above the remote Extra Terrestrial Highway or are those just members of the mysterious Groom Lake Flying Club? Pack the car, a cooler, and a copy of Out From Las Vegas and be prepared for an adventure for the entire family.

Nevada Ghost Towns and Desert Atlas (with maps) – 208 pages

This combined atlas includes sites throughout Nevada and includes Death Valley and Bodie areas. It has 71 color maps and 530 vintage photos by ghost town pioneer Nell Murbarger. Each of the 71 maps in this atlas are keyed to the corresponding historic sketches found in its popular companion volume, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps by Stanley W. Paher.