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  2. Mogul, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Mogul is located at (39.5138, -119. It lies along Interstate 80, 6 miles (10 km) west of downtown Reno, near the western border of Nevada. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km 2), all land.

  3. Moon dog - Wikipedia

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    Pair of moon dogs Partial Moon dog seen from Hillspeak, Shimla, Lower Himalayas. A moon dog (or moondog) or mock moon, also called a paraselene [1] (plural paraselenae) in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Moon. They are exactly analogous to sun dogs.

  4. List of ghost towns in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Leeteville may be the same location. Rawhide: Mineral: 1907: Barren site: Rawhide Mining Co. has destroyed any remains of the town. Now it is just an open pit mine. Devastating fire in 1908, $1 million in property damage and thousands left homeless. [3] Rhyolite: Nye: 1905 [11] 1916: Abandoned site: Post office closed 1913 Rio Tinto: Elko: 1932 ...

  5. Nevada State Route 431 - Wikipedia

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    State Route 431 (SR 431), commonly known as the Mount Rose Highway, is a 24.413-mile-long (39.289 km) highway in Washoe County, Nevada, that connects Incline Village at Lake Tahoe with Reno. The highway, a Nevada Scenic Byway , takes its name from Mount Rose , which lies just off the highway.

  6. Bullfrog, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Bullfrog is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.It is located at the north end of the Amargosa Desert about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Beatty.Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Bullfrog are the Bullfrog Hills and the ghost town of Rhyolite.

  7. Reno metropolitan area, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    The Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Western Nevada, anchored by the cities of Reno and Sparks. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 490,596.

  8. Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center - Wikipedia

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    The Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium was built in 1963 [1] on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. It was the first planetarium in the United States to feature a 360-degree projector capable of providing horizon-to-horizon images and through time-lapse photography showing an entire day's weather in a few minutes.

  9. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa - Wikipedia

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    Clarion Reno had a tropical theme and when the first tower was built it added more casino and restaurant space. In 1993, Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc, the Farahis' corporate firm, took over financial responsibility for the Clarion. With this came a public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. With the additional capital from the public ...