WayfarrowBuffalo Meadows
Ghost town · Washoe County, Nevada
Buffalo Meadows is a ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada. It is one of 25 former communities in Washoe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Buffalo Meadows as a historical populated place on the Hog Spring topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6077° N, 119.7410° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Hog Spring |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,902 ft |
| Nearest living town | Gerlach, NV |
| Distance to it | 20.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 854811 |
| Coordinates | 40.60768, -119.74103 |
What's there now
Buffalo Meadows is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gerlach, NV (population 53), about 20.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,902 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Deep Holeghost town · Washoe County · 15.6 mi
- Hot Springsghost town · Washoe County · 27.6 mi
- Hualipighost town · Pershing County · 29.7 mi
- Flaniganghost town · Washoe County · 31.2 mi
- Edgemontghost town · Lassen County · 42.3 mi
- Raiser Cityghost town · Humboldt County · 42.7 mi
- Seven Troughsghost town · Pershing County · 49.6 mi
Questions
Where is Buffalo Meadows?
Buffalo Meadows is in Washoe County, Nevada, at 40.6077, -119.7410.
How many ghost towns are in Washoe County?
Washoe County, Nevada has 25 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.