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Tunnel Camp

Ghost town · Pershing County, Nevada

Seven Troughs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000)
Seven Troughs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Tunnel Camp is a ghost town in Pershing County, Nevada. It is one of 36 former communities in Pershing County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Tunnel Camp as a historical populated place on the Seven Troughs 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 40.4438° N, 118.7715° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSeven Troughs
Elevation4,742 ft
Nearest living townLovelock, NV
Distance to it24 miles
GNIS feature ID850170
Coordinates40.44379, -118.77155

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What's there now

Tunnel Camp is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lovelock, NV (population 1,611), about 24 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,742 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Tunnel Camp ghost town, Seven Troughs Range, Looking N/NE, Pershing Co., NV
Tunnel Camp ghost town, Seven Troughs Range, Looking N/NE, Pershing Co., NV · QKC / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Tunnel Camp?

Tunnel Camp is in Pershing County, Nevada, at 40.4438, -118.7715.

How many ghost towns are in Pershing County?

Pershing County, Nevada has 36 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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