U.S. 6/95 West - Tonopah to Coaldale

U.S. 6 west converges with U.S. 95 north at the unincorporated town of Tonopah. The seat of Nye County, Tonopah, the Queen of the Silver Camps lies at the south end of the San Antonio Mountains at an elevation of 6,030 feet.

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Mount Butler rises to the south of Tonopah.

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U.S. 95 travels north from Goldfield to Tonopah, and west with U.S. 6 to Coaldale.

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U.S. 95 extends throughout the Silver State of Nevada, originating near the southern tip and traveling northwest and then north through Las Vegas, Goldfield, Tonopah, Hawthorne, Fallon and Winnemucca.

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U.S. 6/95 continue northwest along Main Street to Downtown Tonopah.

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U.S. 6/95 (Veterans Memorial Highway) meet the north end of SR 265 (Silver Peak Road) at Blair Junction in Big Smoky Valley.

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SR 265 travels 20.47 miles south to Silver Peak, an unincorporated town with a history steeped in silver and gold mining in the 19th century.

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SR 265 south ends just beyond Rocky Avenue in Silverpeak, west of the Clayton Valley.

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Northwest of the settlement of Coaldale is Columbus Salt Marsh, a huge dry lakebed that is mostly devoid of vegetation. The lakebed is the low point in the valley, and whatever precipitation runoff from neighboring mountains travels toward the lake. Due to the arid climate in the Great Basin, rainfall is uncommon, and thus the lakebed is mostly dry.

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U.S. 6 (Grand Army of the Republic Highway) branches west from U.S. 95 at Coaldale Junction Montgomery Pass, Benton and Bishop in California.

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U.S. 95 (Veterans Memorial Highway) continues north between Columbus Salt Marsh and the Monte Cristo Range toward Mina, Hawthorne, Walker Lake and Fallon.

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