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Carson City is the capital of Nevada, named after mountain man Kit Carson. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,000. The majority of the town’s population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada, about 30 miles // 50 kilometers south of Reno. // Carson City es la capital de Nevada, llamada así en honor al explorador Kit Carson. Según el censo de 2020, su población era de 58.000 habitantes. La mayor parte de la población de la ciudad vive en Eagle Valley, en el extremo oriental de la cordillera de Carson, una ramificación de Sierra Nevada, a unos 50 kilómetros al sur de Reno.
Google Maps
goo.gl/maps/wzsSUwQFgiar2hKb9
Headlines
Indy Environment: Traveling from Tahoe to Carson City in a day — by foot – The Nevada Independent
Carson City officials work to reinvent downtown
Recommended Listening
knvc.org – https://www.facebook.com/KNVC95.1FMCarsonCity
Official Notice: as of 10:00pm PDT, Sun. 8/3, 2025, 95.1 lpfm, KNVC, Carson City Community Media has ceased broadcasting from the Historic Adams House and has begun local content origination from the Subteranean Broadcast Bunker in the Downtown Historic District on the campus of the Brewery Arts Center. Its the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. Hail, Community!
Events
June Stewart Father’s Day Powwow
Last Saturday in October Nevada Day Parade
Tourism Portals
visitcarsoncity.com “The first place to stop and the last place you’ll forget. Carson City, the centerpoint of your true Nevada experience!”
Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center
Elsewhere on the Web
carsonpedia.com
Government
carson.org – Facebook – YouTube
Indigenous Connections
stewartindianschool.com
Stewart Indian School (2008)
flickr.com/photos/nevadaindianterritory
Pow Wows
nevadamagazine.com
Bikes
bikecarson.com – Facebook
Connecting the Canyons: Bike Trails Almost Finished in Carson (2015)
New trail: Carson’s newest single-track an instant hit – RGJ (2015)
Bakeries
Paul Schats Bakery
Food
adelesrestaurantandlounge.com – Facebook
carsonfarmersmarket.com
Washoe State Tree Nursery
forestry.nv.gov
Western Nevada College
wnc.edu
lane-simonian
wncnv
Distances
Carson City is 30 miles from Reno
Carson City is is 326 miles // 525 kilometers from Las Vegas
Hotels
thefederalhotelnv.com
Saint Charles Hotel – carsonpedia.com – visitcarsoncity.com
Wikipedia
Carson City
Planeta.com