More About Reno
Reno, city in western Nevada and seat of Washoe County is located on the Truckee River, near the Lake Tahoe resort area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Reno is a busy resort with large gambling casinos. Its proximity to a region of magnificent scenery and outdoor recreation makes it popular with tourists.
You can get a feel for the nonstop, neon-lit gambler's lifestyle of Las Vegas by stopping in Reno, very near the California border. "The biggest little city in the world," as it likes to call itself, is a somewhat down market version of the glitz and glamour of Vegas, with miles of gleaming slot machines and poker tables, surrounded by tacky wedding chapels and quickie divorce courts. While the town itself may not be much to look at, its setting at the foot of the snowcapped Sierra Nevada, with the Truckee River winding through the center is superb. There are three things to do in Reno: gamble, get married and get divorced.
The casinos are concentrated in the downtown area, along Virginia Street either side of the railroad tracks.
Museums include the Nevada Museum of Art, featuring American art from the 19th and 20th centuries; the Nevada State Historical Society Museum, housing items from prehistoric times to the state's present; the William F. Harrah Foundation National Automobile Museum; and the W. M. Keck Museum, part of the Mackay School of Mines, with mining artifacts and a large exhibit on minerals. The University of Nevada is also the site of the Fleischmann Planetarium. North of Reno is the Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center and Pyramid Lake, Nevada's largest natural lake and the site of sacred land of the Paiute people. Annual events in Reno include the Reno Rodeo, the Nevada State Fair, and the National Championship Air Races.
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