C Street

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

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 a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Visitor information

• Virginia City Visitors Center, 86 S C St, ☏ +1 775 847-7500, VisitorInfo@StoreyCounty.org. (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.
• 1 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).

• 2 Comstock Firemen's Museum, 125 C St, ☏ +1 775-847-0717. 10:00am-4:00pm. Museum dedicated to the history of firefighting in the county. Free admission; donations encouraged. (updated Nov 2017)
• 3 Fourth Ward School Museum, 537 S. C St., ☏ +1-775-847-0975. 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)
• 4 Mark Twain Museum, 53 C St, ☏ +1 775-847-0525. (updated Nov 2017)
• 5 Marshall Mint Museum, 96 C St, ☏ +1 800-321-6374. (updated Nov 2017)
• 6 Washoe Club Museum & Saloon, 112 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-4467. 11:00am-5:00pm. (updated Nov 2017)
• 7 St. Mary's in the Mountains Catholic Church, 111 S E St, ☏ +1 775 847-9099. (updated Dec 2018)

Further afield

• 8 Dayton State Park, US-50, Dayton, ☏ +1 775 687-5678, wlsp@parks.nv.gov. Day use $5/vehicle, camping $15/night. (updated Jun 2018)
• 9 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, ☏ +1 775-847-0599. Open 24 hours. (updated Nov 2017)

Further afield

• 1 Gold Ranch Casino, 755 Old US Hwy 50, Dayton, ☏ +1 775-246-9696. (updated Nov 2017)

Buy

• 1 Old Red Garter, 80 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-4488. 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

• 1 Cafe Del Rio, 394 C St (Southern end of C St.), ☏ +1 775 847-5151. A southwest spin on Mexican fare. Sunday brunch available. 

Drink

• 1 Bucket of Blood Saloon, 1 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-0322. 
• 2 Delta Saloon, 18 S C St. See the "Suicide Table" 
• 3 Sundance Saloon, 160 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-0636. 
• 4 Firehouse Saloon (Firehouse BBQ), 171 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-7744. 
• Old Washoe Club, 112 S C St. 
• 5 Silver Dollar Saloon, 11 N C St. 
• 6 Ponderosa Saloon, 106 S C St. 
• 7 Mark Twain Saloon, 62 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-0599. Open 24 hours. (updated Nov 2017)

Outdoor consumption of alcohol is tolerated.

Sleep

• 1 Sugar Loaf Mountain Motel, 430 C St, ☏ +1 775-847-0551. 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. 
• 2 Silver Queen Hotel, 28 N C St, ☏ +1 775 847-0440, info@silverqueenhotel.net. 28-room restored hotel established in 1876. Several rooms have claw foot bathtubs. 
• 3 Silverland Inn & Suites (formerly Ramada Virginia City), 100 North E St, ☏ +1 775 847-4484. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 12PM. A 67 rooms and suites hotel with meeting spaces, indoor pool, and complimentary wireless internet. 
• 4 Tahoe House Hotel, 162 S C St, ☏ +1 775-847-5264. (updated Nov 2017)

Go next

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