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Western Nevada is in Nevada. It comprises Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County, and Washoe County.
By car
From the east and west, Interstate 80 offers the best way to get to the region.S. Highway 395 enters the Carson Valley at Dresslerville.
By train
Travel between the northern and southern parts of this region requires a detour west into California or east into Northern Nevada to bypass the brutally rugged terrain the dominates the north part of Western Nevada.
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Fernley is a city in Nevada located along Interstate 80 about 30 miles east of Reno. Fernley was best known in the United States as "that place most Amazon.com stuff ships from" due to the large depot the town had before Amazon moved their operations to Reno itself.
Gardnerville is a city in Nevada, about 2 miles east of Minden. It is located in the Carson Valley a few miles south of Carson City.
Minden is a city in Nevada located a few miles south of Carson City in the Carson Valley which is east of Lake Tahoe. The town is about 2 miles west of Gardnerville.
a gambling city with plenty of things to do, the other Las Vegas
Silver Springs is a city in Western Nevada.
a western town with traditional architecture and saloons
Lake Tahoe is a popular vacation and recreation region straddling the border between California and Nevada. The closest large city is Reno, Nevada.
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