Nevada
National Parks and Natural Landscapes. Nice clickable map leads to photos and descriptions of natural attractions around the state. Links provided to similar sites for Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. Created by John Crossley. [ccr]
http://www.americansouthwest.net/nevada/map.html
Photos of Eureka. A good collection of photos, provided by Eureka County. [ccr]
http://www.co.eureka.nv.us/county/photo.htm
Historic Carson City, Reno, and Virginia City. A map based tour of sites on the Historic Register in these three places, with text and photos. From the National Park Service. [ccr]
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/maps.htm
Ghost towns of the West. Explore ghost towns on this site via a Google map. The photographs are excellent. Over one hundred towns are represented from eight western states: Arizona, Calfornia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. [ccr]
http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/htme/map.htm
Historical Markers. A simple county map leads to lists of state historical markers and their descriptions. From the State Historic Preservation Office. [ccr]
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/shpo/markers/
Route 6. A map-based tour of the longest U. S. transcontinental highway, put together by three geographers and supported by Augustana College. Includes a history of the route and scores of photos of scenes along the route from Provincetown, at the tip of Capt Cod in Massachusetts, to Long Beach, California. [ccr]
http://www.augustana.edu/academics/geography/department/route6/index.html
Digital Atlases, Searchable Digital Archives, and Other Sites Useful for Exploring Places
Nevada History in Maps. A neat collection of historic maps, supplied by the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. [ccr]
http://www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvhistory/search.html
Nevada Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images. A map-based collection of medium-scale images across the state, including many that are rather spectacular. Created by William A. Bowen through the auspices of the California Geographical Survey at CSU Northridge. [ccr]
http://130.166.124.2/nv_panorama_atlas/index.html
A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History. An interesting set of historical maps of Nevada and the Las Vegas area, by Su Kim Chung & Kathy Rankin of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [ccr]
http://www.waml.org/ib0308/unlv.html
