Mineral County 4×4 Trails

Aurora, NV Photograph by James L Rathbun

Aurora Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Aurora, Nevada, was a prominent mining boomtown in Mineral County, founded in 1860 during the early silver and gold rushes of the American West. Known…

Broken Hills Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Broken Hills is a remote ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada (with early references occasionally noting southern Churchill County), located at approximately 39°02′59″N 118°00′37″W and…
Candelaria, Nevada 1876

Candelaria Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Candelaria, located in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 55 miles south of Hawthorne along U.S. Highway 95, is a classic example of a Nevada silver boomtown…
Francis “Borax” Marion Smith

Marietta Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Marietta is a historic ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada, located in the Excelsior Mountains at approximately 38°14′36″N 118°20′19″W and an elevation of about 4,947…
Rawhide, Nevada - 1915

Rawhide Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Rawhide is a classic Nevada mining boomtown-turned-ghost town in Mineral County, located approximately 55 miles southeast of Fallon at coordinates 39°01′0″N 118°23′28″W and an elevation…