Loneliest Road in America Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
section of U.S. Numbered Highway in Nevada, United States
About Loneliest Road in America
U.S. Route 50 is a transcontinental highway in the United States, stretching from theSacramento regionofCaliforniain the west toOcean CityofMarylandin the east. The Nevada portion, which goes through the center of the state, was namedThe Loneliest Road in AmericabyLifemagazine in July 1986. While the name was intended as a pejorative, Nevada officials seized it as a marketing slogan, and U.S. 50 became a challenge for tourists of who could "survive the highway". Due to the fact that the little rain that falls does not drain to any ocean, the region of theUnited Statesthat the Loneliest Road travels through is referred to as theGreat Basin. U.S. 50 goes through the petroglyphs, alpine forests, desert valleys, ghost towns, andGreat Basin National Parkbefore splitting near the Nevada-Utah bor
Loneliest Road in America Travel Guide Sections
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