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Weekend trips from University of Nevada, Reno
Hidden spots near Reno, day trips and weekend road trips from University of Nevada, Reno in November, scored 1–10 on price, timing and what's happening, with gas, park fees, a campsite or room and food included.
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Virginia City
A silver-rush boomtown of wooden boardwalks and old saloons where Mark Twain got his pen name.
Sand Harbor
Granite boulders in Lake Tahoe's clearest turquoise water, on the Nevada side.
Day trips
Pyramid Lake
A turquoise desert lake with tufa pyramids, on the Paiute reservation (day permit per car).
Nevada City & South Yuba
A gaslit Gold Rush town and emerald swimming holes on the South Yuba River.
Feather Falls
A 400-foot waterfall at the end of a forest trail near Lake Oroville.
Murphys
A Gold Rush main street of tasting rooms, with crystal caverns just outside town.
Columbia State Historic Park
Pan for gold and ride a stagecoach in a preserved 1850s mining town.
Weekend trips
Nevada City & South Yuba
A gaslit Gold Rush town and emerald swimming holes on the South Yuba River.
Columbia State Historic Park
Pan for gold and ride a stagecoach in a preserved 1850s mining town.
Murphys
A Gold Rush main street of tasting rooms, with crystal caverns just outside town.
Sacramento
Gold Rush boardwalks in Old Sacramento and the farm-to-fork capital's food halls.
Bishop & the Buttermilks
World-class bouldering, Keough's hot springs and Erick Schat's famous bakery.
Lava Beds
More than 700 lava tube caves you can explore yourself with a flashlight, and some of the darkest skies in California.
Long weekends
Death Valley
Salt flats below sea level, rainbow-colored hills and the darkest night sky in California.
Sacramento
Gold Rush boardwalks in Old Sacramento and the farm-to-fork capital's food halls.
Monterey & Carmel
Sea otters on kelp, 17-Mile Drive and Carmel's fairytale cottages.
Bishop & the Buttermilks
World-class bouldering, Keough's hot springs and Erick Schat's famous bakery.
Lava Beds
More than 700 lava tube caves you can explore yourself with a flashlight, and some of the darkest skies in California.
Russian River & Armstrong Redwoods
Float the river on an inner tube under giant redwoods, then Guerneville at night.
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