Nevada State #318
Junction of U.S. Route#93 (Ash Springs) to Junction of U.S. Route #6 (West Of Eley, NV.)
Nevada Road Map Travel Guide

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Km	Miles	Road Item	Road Summary
0.0 (178.1)	0.0 (110.7)	Junction of U.S. Highway #93	Access to Road side highway turnout picnic area. Editors NOTE: ' The following highway travel photos were taken during and a day after a snowfall, we still added the winter photos to show, the desert has beauty even, in the wintertime, even on a cold blustery day'
0.0 (178.1)	0.0 (110.7)	Junction of U.S. Highway #93	South to communities of Ash Springs, NV, Alamo NV.
0.0 (178.1)	0.0 (110.7)	Junction of U.S. Highway #93 - East to community of Caliente, NV.	Attractions around Caliente, NV: Caliente Railroad Depot, NV. The Caliente Railroad Station Museum has a varity of displays, unique to the area in the early years. The Depot Station has been restored. - State Parks in the area around Caliente :- Kershaw - Ryan State Park,a Day Use Picnic Area - Cathedral Gorge State Park: Facilities; camping with twenty-two sites, each with a table, grill and shade ramada. Sites cannot be reserved. Water and a flush restroom with showers are available from April-November. - Echo Canyon State Park; Facilities; The campground has 33 campsites. Drinking water is available near each site, flush toilets and a RV dump station. - Beaver Dam State Park; Facilities; Camping: Two developed campgrounds offer thirty individual campsites, each containing a fire pit, picnic table and parking pad, some suitable for trailers up to twenty-eight feet in length. Water hydrants and vault or chemical toilets available Apr/Nov.
0.3 (177.8)	0.2 (110.5)	Roadside highway turnout	Access to turnout
1.3 (176.8)	0.8 (109.9)	Photo view from highway	While driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
1.4 (176.7)	0.9 (109.8)	Junction of Highway Nevada #375 & #318	West to communities of Rachel, NV - Warm Springs, NV. The first settlement in Warm Springs, NV,was in 1866, when it served as a stopover for stagecoaches - Tonopah, NV. Attractions in and around Tonapah; The Tonopah Historic Mining Park has been named 'Best Museum in Rural Nevada' 2002 to 2007. - Other attractions The Tonopah's Central Nevada Museum.
1.4 (176.7)	0.9 (109.8)	Junction of Highway Nevada #375 & #318	Route Nevada #375 is called the Extraterrestrial Highway. Officially designated in 1996 for the many UFO sightings along the lonely road, the byway now sports a sign posting its speed limit as 'Warp 7' and another sign warns of alien encounters for the next 51 miles. The byway ends at Warm Springs, NV, the intersection of Highway 375 and US 6. Many old mines and ghost towns are scattered along the length of the byway
3.7 (174.4)	2.3 (108.4)	Community of Hiko, NV. Elevation 3869 feet
4.6 (173.5)	2.9 (107.8)	Roadside highway turnout	East side of highway, with information sign, no other services.
10.7 (167.4)	6.6 (104.0)	Photo view from highway	While driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
15.2 (162.9)	9.4 (101.2)	Mail Summit Road
23.0 (155.1)	14.3 (96.4)	Photo view from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
29.2 (148.9)	18.1 (92.5)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
31.7 (146.4)	19.7 (91.0)	White River Narrows Archeological District	White River Narrows Archeological District, Nevada was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The area is outstanding not only for rock art but also for the impressive rhyolite cliffs.
40.4 (137.7)	25.1 (85.6)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
49.5 (128.6)	30.8 (79.9)	Point of Information	Crossing the White River North, NV.
74.3 (103.8)	46.2 (64.5)	Access to Bristol Wells, NV.	East side of highway. Sometime around 1872 a furnace was built to treat the silver-ore brought down from the Bristol Mine. Soon after a 5-stamp mill was built,it was in 1880. To the south a little bit they had three Charcoal Ovens to convert the pinyon logs to charcoal for the smelter.
76.2 (101.9)	47.4 (63.3)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
79.5 (98.6)	49.4 (61.3)	Nye County Line
88.4 (89.7)	54.9 (55.7)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
91.7 (86.4)	57.0 (53.7)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
95.1 (83.0)	59.1 (51.6)	Roadside highway turnout	No services. Esat side of highway.
98.6 (79.5)	61.3 (49.4)	View from highway	Looking at the White River Valley, NV.
99.4 (78.7)	61.8 (48.9)	Access to Kirch Wildlife Management Area	West side of highway.
107.3 (70.8)	66.7 (44.0)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
108.5 (69.6)	67.4 (43.2)	Access to Kirch Wildlife Management Area	West side of highway.
112.9 (65.2)	70.2 (40.5)	Roadside highway turnout Rest Area	Nevada State Rest Area with picnic tables, toilets. West side of highway
113.8 (64.3)	70.7 (40.0)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
127.6 (50.5)	79.3 (31.4)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
135.2 (42.9)	84.0 (26.7)	Wells Summit, Nevada
142.3 (35.8)	88.4 (22.2)	White Pine County, Nevada	Southern county line. Attractions in White Pine County: East Ely Depot Railroad Museum, Ely, NV. - McGill Drug Store Museum, McGill, NV. - White River Valley Museum, located in Lund, NV. White Pine Public Museum, Ely, NV.
143.0 (35.1)	88.9 (21.8)	Gibson Road
157.6 (20.5)	97.9 (12.7)	View from highway	Looking north at the community of Lund, Nevada
159.8 (18.3)	99.3 (11.4)	Community of Lund, Nevada	Elevation, 5570, feet. Lund, NV; is a town located in White Pine County. It was founded by the Mormons in 1898. Attractions; White River Valley Museum, Lund,NV; This museum is filled with relics of one of the last colonization efforts of the Mormons in the American West.
164.8 (13.3)	102.4 (8.3)	Preston Loop Road
169.5 (8.6)	105.3 (5.3)	Access to the community of Preston, Nevada	West side of highway
177.4 (0.7)	110.2 (0.4)	View from highway	Driving north on Highway #318 to Ely, Nevada.
178.1 (0.0)	110.7 (0.0)	Junction of Nevada U.S. #6 Highway	West to Community of Ely, Nevada, 23 miles. East to communities of Warm Springs, NV; - Tonopah, NV. Attractions in Ely Nevada:- Nevada Northern Railway Museum; Ghost Train of Old Ely. This is an operating railroad museum. Train rides on the steam engines of No. 40 and No. 93 are available from May through September. - Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historical Park; Six 35-foot high beehive-shaped brick ovens built to produce charcoal for the smelter serving the gold and silver mines at Ward, NV. They were built around 1876. - East Ely Railroad Depot Freight Barn. - Drugstore Soda Fountains, McGill Drug Store Museum Ely, NV. ---Start/Finish of Road Map Highway Travel Guide