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Nevada Interstates to SUSANVILLE 78 mi. to PYRAMID LAKE 23 mi. to PYRAMID LAKE 18 mi. to TONOPAH 189 mi. to ST GEORGE 102 mi. LAKE TAHOE REGION 2 445 Snow Desert National Wildlife Range 0246810 mi Peavine Spanish Springs Mtn Peak LEMMON Airport Indian El 8266 4 ROAD CONDITIONS 5 RenoStead Floyd Lamb 6 445 Reservation 04 812 16 km Airport EAGLE State Park Phone (Toll Free)............................ DR 5 3 C Nellis A RD 2 3 N LEMMON 4 2 Y 103 O 95 8 Air Force DR BLVD N Outside Nevada.....................(877) NVROADS RED ROCK RD ECHO AVE 2.5 425 2 Sparks VALLEY Base 58 (877) 687- 6237 3 KYLE CANYON10 TAHOE DR 97Verdi Web Site............................www.nvroads.com Mogul BLVD 157 3 to FERNLEY 17 mi. LEAR 1 River BLVD BLVD 12.8 BELTW 395 MILITARY AY Stampede Reno 1.7 215 93 T r ERN to QUINCY 52 mi. Reservoir u e LA POSADA DR Las Vegas Dunes Radio Frequencies 4 Reno-Tahoe ck e TH 15 A OR 54 6.4 604 MOY DURANGO N North Airport S P 3 E Carson City ........................................1610 AM NATIONAL 7 EDWA Recreation Lands 6 PKWY 52 Y 1 ALIANTE Las Vegas 101 BLVD P 1.9 AB Lake Tahoe...........................................530 AM RD RD 11 VD CO 10 ST Verdi Peak 395 STEAD BLVD DR ANN RD BL Las Vegas Las Vegas ..........................................1610 AM El 8444 ANN RD Independence to SUSANVILLE 72 mi. Motor HUMBOLDT- HOLLYWOOD BLVD STOREY 2.3 H O Lake 89 SIERRA WASHOE PACIFIC IG RD Reno ....................................................530 AM UNION N V H DR N Speedway Nellis 35 10 mi. to MT CHARLESTON I 50 L PACIFIC G TOIYABE DR A RANCHO IR 6.6 Martin M NEVADA 7 N y GINIA PKWY A D ACHE NORTE DEN VALLEY RA NCH C Air Force p L RD BLVD DECATUR FOREST O SPANISH SPRINGS VALLEY CRAIG RD AL DR 48 s NDOT PUBLIC INFORMATION ST G SUN La Madre CRAIG BLVD u AP 573 Mt Rose HUMBOLDT- 7TH Base m OBrien AVE VISTA Hobart Luther North NATIONAL TOIYABE FORT 1 Phone.......................................(775) 888-7000 Boca Pass 95 BLVD Mills 341 BUS .1 RD BELTWAY Las Vegas 7 Reservoir Floriston VALLEY PECOS 1 Mountain DURANGO Prosser CHEYENNE 95 SIMMONS Fax ...........................................(775) 888-7115 Boca 431 Airport AVE UNION CCSN Sunrise Gypsum 1.7 574 Res Wilderness 14 LOS Web Site .......................www.nevadadot.com 5 9 Peavine 5.5 7 46 Cave ) 8 King ALTOS N 0 PYRAMID LAKE R ALO LAS VEGAS BLVD Peak BLVD 1 Steamboat E L E MEA D BLVD Mountain AK LAMB FOREST 0 T 6 VALLEY SUN Wilderness CA 2 El 8266 3.1 W CAREY AVE REY NELLIS BLVD AVE Tahoe 5 S 5.1 n BUFF e 3 Jr E 16 JONES PKWY RAINBOW Mt Rose p W BLVD BICYCLE INFORMATION Donner 6 99 20 DR 45 LAKE MEAD BLVD o DINI 443 147 El 10,776 ( DAN B DR Natural Area Donner PACIFIC LV r Geiger Summit Flowery N D 2.0 VEGAS DR OWENS AVE Washoe 395 NATIONAL BLVD Lake 6 Truckee 2 e PARR Hwy 1.8 Phone.......................................(775) 888-RIDE v El 6820 Peak V ILLS 2 1 i 24 I H I 5.5 NDOT 1 Mt Rose City R TMCC 445 DR WASHINGTON Z R S 102 AVE M L K 43 AVE 2 WASHINGTON El 6581 G U Summit BLVD A M I FAR2.3 W 2 S (775) 888-7433 NEVADA Mt Davidson N M 5.7 a TruckeeTahoe A s 48 I E 14 RD BRUCE ST BRUCE El 8900 3 A New N R BONANZA h T El 7864 A LIN PKWY 1 DR Web Site.................www.bicyclenevada.com Airport PLACER Slide Mtn Washoe 395 R 1.1 A to AUBURN 62 mi. BLVD D 4 AVE 38 BARING BLV P 42 STEWART Martis Peak Virginia FOREST 215 WY 93 El 9698 City ST 650 RD M FREMONT 5.6 267 BLVD Mt 98 W 95 El 8742 431 City O A R CHARLESTON 1.1 BLVD Rose Gold Hill H a AN UNION ARR C C .3 7 N STOREY BLVD NDOT DISTRICT OFFICES s c 5 HOLLYWOOD 1 Sparks 9.9 41 Brockway A 95 Washoe M KEYSTONE BLVD 13 h LYON RD ODDIE R BLVD 4 CCSN Summit 4 Las Vegas AVE Truckee o Lake 342 104 BUS 159 CTR Incline e PYRAMIDWY SAHARA Elko ..........................................(775) 777-2700 El 7199 State Park 651 Fair- PRATER WY 5.6 AVE 40 PKWY SAHARA AVE NORTHSHORE Northstar Village N 395 15 EL 429 L 22 3 UNR grounds ST 8 a Visitor Convention RD at Tahoe McClellan Silver City 16 RD Ely ............................................(775) 289-1700 Las k AVE 13 Center BLVD BLVD Center BLVD Diamond 2.7 DR 3.2 Peak 6 AVE 6.8 Tahoe Vista e TOWN 3 DES INN BLVD LAMB to FALLON 49 mi. 19 ERT RD 5 Peak Dayton 7TH 12 4.2 14 El 7457 VISTA Las Vegas ................................(702) 385-6500 89 Mt Pluto 341 ST SPARKS 17 18 2.1 McCLEOD Carnelian Crystal 7 21 STRIP El 8617 Kings 877 NDOT 20 HUALAPAI N AV Lake 2 I E SPRING MOUNTAIN TWA Vegas 93 14 Bay Bay 3 RD BLVD Reno/Sparks............................(775) 834-8300 Beach Crystal Mound NNE UNION PACIFIC 1.8 39 Las Vegas 2 50 A GLENDALE AVE Las Vegas Bay Lake Tahoe House VIEW EASTERN Bay RD Mt Watson ROBB DR 10 Tonopah...................................(775) 482-2301 Mogul E MILL Squaw Carson City ST S El 8424 Nevada A 2 FLAMINGO RD 13 ST 38 FLAMINGO RD LAKESHORE M GREG RD Valley 9 12 Airport 7 r r State Park THE Squaw LYON PARADISE RD Winnemucca ............................(775) 623-8000 ST A 1 3 8 4 e e 8 iv v BUFFALO BROADBENT D 4.2 i Peak 2 R UNLV TROPICANA AVE 1 R NELLIS 28 Marlette 1 CARSON 9 4TH LN Black A A El 8885 1 T BOULDER V AVE ST r N WELLS AVE e Truckee uc e APACHE TROPICANA AVE 28 Lake 2 CITY k 37 BLVD Wash Island E O Lake Forest 1 DR 8.8 ROCK Z NDOT MAP SALES CARSON CITY ARLINGTON N 4 PKWY I BLVD RUSSELL ST VALLEY WASHOE VIRGINIA RUSSELL RD MARYLAND RD Alpine MAYBERRY LN TUR Sam Boyd Lake Mead R PLUMB FORT Tahoe City CO CO 564 Lake Granite Meadows Lake CARSON ROKE to FERNLEY 26 mi. 36 9 Stadium D A to AUBURN 96 mi. to B The Nevada Map Atlas contains 30-minute PKWY M DR 1 DR RenoTahoe E McCarran Airport MEA CITY Reno BLVD P DECA 106 7.1 1 PKWY KIETZKE RD planimetric maps (1" = 4 miles) covering the Granlibakken LN Airport 16 MTNVISTA 93 3 MOANA LN 8.7 WESTERN BELTWAY ILL BLVD 13.7 34 SUNSET SANDHILL S 95 National H RD U RD Chief N RD entire state. $12 (including tax and shipping) 11 CAUGHLIN S 215 NSET RD A 108 A HWY LAKE McTarnahan C PECKH R CARSON E R Spring DR River 101 50 N Blue RD Saddle 10 Stewart I Convention AM LN A CITY Hill S L C Island Mead Y c WARM SPRINGS Wilderness El 6856 M K Center Mountain Diamond E Tahoe Pines 1 PABCO RD 1.3 WARM SPRINGS RD S M 159 D To order, send check or money order to: DOUGLAS c JONES 88 C S R Recreation Jacks A 33 WINDMILL PKWY E R Ranch DURANGO V Tahoe BLVD PECOS Glenbrook Spooner R ST CARSON CITY A PARADISE Homewood 3 Carson N Hidden Valley 1.7 E Summit L HUMBOLDT- State Park WIG AM Y L 1.8 Homewood Valley W PKWY GIBSON WATER BURKHOLDER BLVD Nevada Department of Transportation El 7146 DOUGLAS Regional Park E A L V RAINBOW STEPHANIE MAJOR Y L CARSON VALLEY A ST Tahoma PLACER E DOUBLE AVE AVE 160 V Map Section, Room 206 W M A TOIYABE L 10.3 50 2.2 2.1 Area G 7 92 EL DORADO N 6.7 Hoover Dam Genoa Peak O Creek 1263 South Stewart Street L BLUE RD PKWY PUEBLO BLVD El 1232 Rubicon 5.7 CETRACK 6 RIDGE 9 DIA PACIFIC El 9150 HUFFAKER LN R MOND 27 HORIZON 5 AVE RA STOREY 4 Carson City, Nevada 89712 DOU WY WASHOE 10 ( B BLVD DECATUR 5.6 ope Meeks Bay 11 L K n 3 P GREEN 2 Mt Rose E Y 00 HORIZON 2.6 8) S Duck Henderson LAKESIDE W NEVADA HOLCOMB LN O 160 Red Rock 93 mi. D D or phone (Visa, MC)................(775) 888-7MAP Loon Minden-Tahoe A I PKWY Zephyr 395 ME A GREEN MISSION DR 8 13 M S UNIO Boulder 6 Lake Cove Genoa Airport NATIONAL O 146 2 12 PKW (775) 888-7627 N Canyon VALLEY Y 4 L D Rubicon Peak L N Railroad Pass 1.4 CALIFORNIA Daggett 206 I PK City RD W El 9183 H P El 2373 13 COLLEGE DR [email protected] T WY K 4 H Pass LAS VEGAS BLVD Rockbound O W Rubicon 103 FO National GREENWAY A 2 D El 7344 Y Steamboat Creek 207 3 4 RD SAINT ROSE 3.2 A Lake Emerald 759 to PAHRUMP 35 mi. V Reservoir EASTERN E KINGMAN D ST SAN JACINTO N 757 4.4 AM Bay 11 O PA N BLVD o Other map products are also available; a 3 Henderson t River 1 A T Conservation CIFIC ADAMS Stateline Minden R E Sloan Canyon 6 2.8 RO ZOLLEZI LN PKWY South RANCH Airport catalog and price list is available upon request.
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