Virginia City (Nevada)

Virginia City is a small town south of Reno on highway 341, in Storey County, Western Nevada.

C Street

Understand

Virginia city is a small town of about 1,000 residents that has managed to maintain much of its 19th century "Old West" feel. It is the nation's largest National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Visitor information

• Virginia City Visitors Center, 86 S C St, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. (updated Jan 2019)

Get in

By road

From Reno: Take highway 395 south out of Reno and continue on to 341 south over the Geiger Grade.

Get around

Most everything is on C Street, which is the main street through town. It is easy to walk from one end to the other in less than an hour.

See

• People dressed in vintage 70's clothes (that would be the 1870s). They hang out at some of the saloons.
• 🌍 Silver Terrace Cemetery, North E Street (at Carson Street). Old cemetery with interesting headstones. Worth a visit. 

Museums

Virginia City has many different museums (a full list can be found here).

• 🌍 Comstock Firemen's Museum, 125 C St, ☎ [phone]. 10:00am-4:00pm. Museum dedicated to the history of firefighting in the county. Free admission; donations encouraged. (updated Nov 2017)
• 🌍 Fourth Ward School Museum, 537 S. C St., ☎ [phone]. 10:00am-5:00pm. A historic school of the Comstock. This museum focus on the school and the Comstock history including Mark Twain, as well as modern mining techniques. (updated Mar 2017)
• 🌍 Mark Twain Museum, 53 C St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2017)
• 🌍 Marshall Mint Museum, 96 C St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2017)
• 🌍 Washoe Club Museum & Saloon, 112 S C St, ☎ [phone]. 11:00am-5:00pm. (updated Nov 2017)
• 🌍 St. Mary's in the Mountains Catholic Church, 111 S E St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Dec 2018)

Further afield

• 🌍 Dayton State Park, US-50, Dayton. Day use $5/vehicle, camping $15/night. (updated Jun 2018)
• 🌍 Historical Society of Dayton Valley, 135 Shady Ln, Dayton. (updated Nov 2017)

Do

• Wander C Street
• Have your picture taken with Sheeba, claimed to be North America's only tame leopard.
• Watch the Camel races.

Gambling

If you win... Chances are that, if you win it big in Virginia City or Dayton and you are not a U.S. citizen your winnings will be subject to a 30% withholding tax from the Internal Revenue Service. That $10,000 slot winning can dwindle quite quickly if that is taken off the top. Not to worry though you can reclaim your gambling winnings tax through a 1042-S form. You should get this from the casino so don't lose it: it is your starting ticket to getting your gambling winnings back.

There are some gambling opportunities at the saloons.

• Mark Twain Saloon, 62 S C St, ☎ [phone]. Open 24 hours. (updated Nov 2017)

Further afield

• 🌍 Gold Ranch Casino, 755 Old US Hwy 50, Dayton, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2017)

Buy

• 🌍 Old Red Garter, 80 S C St, ☎ [phone]. 10:00am-6:00pm. Good western wear. 

There are lots of gift shops on C Street. The quality ranges from good to garbage.

Eat

At the Saloons

• 🌍 Cafe Del Rio, 394 C St (Southern end of C St.), ☎ [phone]. A southwest spin on Mexican fare. Sunday brunch available. 

Drink

• 🌍 Bucket of Blood Saloon, 1 S C St, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Delta Saloon, 18 S C St. See the "Suicide Table" 
• 🌍 Sundance Saloon, 160 S C St, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Firehouse Saloon (Firehouse BBQ), 171 S C St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Old Washoe Club, 112 S C St. 
• 🌍 Silver Dollar Saloon, 11 N C St. 
• 🌍 Ponderosa Saloon, 106 S C St. 
• 🌍 Mark Twain Saloon, 62 S C St, ☎ [phone]. Open 24 hours. (updated Nov 2017)

Outdoor consumption of alcohol is tolerated.

Sleep

• 🌍 Sugar Loaf Mountain Motel, 430 C St, ☎ [phone]. Part of the motel was built as a boarding house for miners in the 1800s, and some rooms have original brick or stone walls and cast iron shutters. All rooms have a refrigerator, microwave, and WiFi. 
• 🌍 Silver Queen Hotel, 28 N C St, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 28-room restored hotel established in 1876. Several rooms have claw foot bathtubs. 
• 🌍 Silverland Inn & Suites (formerly Ramada Virginia City), 100 North E St, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 12PM. A 67 rooms and suites hotel with meeting spaces, indoor pool, and complimentary wireless internet. 
• 🌍 Tahoe House Hotel, 162 S C St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2017)

Go next

• Carson City
• Reno - is just up the highway
• Republic of Molossia - micronation