This is the loneliest road in America

nationalgeographic.com ^ | 3/5/2019 | Hannah Lott-Schwartz

[rktman]

Where the state of Nevada folds in half—from the elbow on its western arm at Lake Tahoe across to its Utah border—you’ll find the most direct route across the state. It crosses several communities, a handful of mountain ranges, a national park, and one reservoir, where bobcats, foxes, and wild horses roam free. There’s life, yes, but not a familiar way of life for many. It’s a place where the lines between John Wayne Westerns and everyday life blur, where ghost towns bleed into living ones. This is Route 50, the Loneliest Road in America.

[rktman]

LOL! Yeah, it's pretty desolate in areas. Cell phone? More like Sat phone is some places. We love it. Nice side trips and some surprises in places.

[dp0622]

Question from a New Yawker :)

Is there really any road or highway left in the US where you would be in serious trouble if your car and cell phone died?

I mean any place where you might not see another car for a few days go by?

Thanks in advance.

[Dr. Sivana]

It’s lonely because those sanctimonious Cartwrights take everything for themselves. Weird how their women always seem to die on them.

[al_c]

I don’t know ... I’ve been on I-10 from Tucson all the way to Odessa and that was pretty desolate. Same thing goes for I-70 out of Denver and across Kansas. Flat and no scenery. Booooooooring.

[wally_bert]

I hope to visit someday.

[rktman]

But, did you see any wind turbines?

[Hojczyk]

Been over it a few times it is actually a pretty ride not flat desert...

You must cross four or five mountain ranges...

Make sure you have a full tank of gas when you start and fill up again at the next gas station..

[al_c]

This site shows coverage for the various carriers. But, I say be cautious depending on them. I have AT&T and I have experienced a few holes in the coverage across Texas and this site says Texas is pretty much all covered.

[vette6387]

I think I already sent you this but it should probably have wider distribution

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nevada/epic-burgers-town-nv/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=nevada&utm_campaign=newsletter

Northern Nevada looks better every day. Got to go see the home we just bought in Gardnerville next week.

[dp0622]

Thanks...and Sprint coverage sucks!

Not thrilled with a few other things about them since switching to them.

[al_c]

LOL ... no. They weren’t that popular at those times. I-10 from Tucson was back in ‘85. I-70 out of Denver was early 2000s. Nothing but desert on I-10 and mostly corn on I-70.

[vette6387]

“Make sure you have a full tank of gas when you start and fill up again at the next gas station..:

Yeah, Costco Gas in Carson City: $2.09 Costco Gas in the SF Bay area $2.89. Another of those reasons to move to Nevada.

[nascarnation]

But, did you see any wind turbines?

Right next to the solar panels and the Tesla Re-charger

;-)

[rktman]

There are lots of them. Several in Nevada for sure. We went for half hour or more with no cars and no cell for more than an hour+. There were quite a few places that if there was an issue, you would be in serious trouble.

[nascarnation]

I know Costco is on the FR blacklist but I always buy there when I can, it’s the cheapest and Top Tier.

[Inyo-Mono]

A road near me comes to mind, The Death Valley Road between Big Pine California and Death Valley. Starts out paved turns to gravel, then into a rough dirt road. Very remote. Days could pass before you see another vehicle. I once talked a British couple with an infant from going that way. The route looks shorter on a map that the other roads. There are many places around my parts where cell phones are useless.

[Alberta's Child]

Maybe some back roads, but I've never been on an interstate highway or numbered state road that would fit that description.

Check out the Trans-Labrador Highway in Canada. It sounds like quite a daunting road to drive. Much of it is not even paved, and the area is so remote that you're supposed to stop at the gas station at one end of the highway, pick up a two-way radio to take with you in case you run into trouble, and then drop the radio off at the gas station at the other end.

[caww]

I actually drove on a highway in Ohio for a half hour with no traffic....just acres of corn fields etc....it was a wonderful ride! I was venturing out of the state and just happened on it...rolled the windows all down and imagined I was the only person on the planet! It was Great!

[rktman]

Sounds like a good plan. If 80 is open. LOL! NVDOT says they cleared 35 feet (cum) off Mt Rose so far and Squaw has gotten over 50 feet cumulative.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I know a guy who drove I-70 to Denver who concurs.

To compound matters he was driving an MG Spitfire.
You could pass trucks on the underneath in those things.