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C_J1
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Mar 17, 2018

US 95 through Nevada

Has anyone ever taken US 95 north from Las Vegas up toward southeastern Oregon? We'll be driving a 34 foot motorhome and no toad.
  • Its a pretty desolate area. We followed a set of tire tracks in the snow on 95 one time and simply hoped for the best. Only an inch or so snow and the road disappears.
    Choose your weather carefully.
  • nevadanick wrote:
    Ppine, its also alternate 95


    Correct I 80 in that location is both I 80 & 95. I usually stop at the truck stop a little west of Winnemucca for gas. Dick
  • ppine wrote:
    Winnemucca is on Interstate 80 and goes east/west.
    95 north cuts off from Winnemucca. I drive that section of highway between Jordan Valley and Winnemucca multiple times a year.
  • OP is back with a follow-up question: are there any campgrounds/RV parks along the route?
  • There's a nice one in Hawthorne, right on the highway - Whiskey Flats. I normally stop there overnight to empty all of my tanks and winterize my trailer.

    I know there are RV sites at the Fallon Campground.

    There are several RV parks in Winnemucca. There really Isn't much after you leave Winnemucca. I think there are some sites behind the gas station in Orovada.

    I really can't speak to any others. Home is Boise area, so once I pass Winnemucca I'm aiming for my own driveway.
  • I spent a night at an RV park in Jordan Valley,OR. On a Monday in May it was fairly empty, with more mobile homes than RVs. But this right after the big rodeo weekend.

    There are gas stations (not necessarily open) with big open areas at Burns Junction and Rome Station. An an RV park on the NV/OR state line.