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Dinner Station

Ghost town · Elko County, Nevada

Dinner Station quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Dinner Station quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dinner Station is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada. It is one of 70 former communities in Elko County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dinner Station as a historical populated place: 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 41.1000° N, 115.8650° W.

Key facts

Elevation5,965 ft
Nearest living townOsino, NV
Distance to it15.3 miles
Coordinates41.10000, -115.86500

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What's there now

Dinner Station is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Osino, NV (population 1,067), about 15.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,965 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

View south along Nevada State Route 225 (Mountain City Highway) about 23.1 miles north of Nevada State Route 535 (Idaho Street) in Dinner Station, Nevada
View south along Nevada State Route 225 (Mountain City Highway) about 23.1 miles north of Nevada State Route 535 (Idaho Street) in Dinner Station, Nevada · Famartin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions

Where is Dinner Station?

Dinner Station is in Elko County, Nevada, at 41.1000, -115.8650.

How many ghost towns are in Elko County?

Elko County, Nevada has 70 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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