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The California Trail Visitor Center, Grounds and Trails are now open seven days a week starting June 6, 2022. Consider downloading our FREE app available in most app stores: California Trail Center. Experience the Trail Center from your home! The California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada, is a pioneer history museum that takes visitors through a historical immersion like no other. Experience first-hand what is was like to be one of the brave American pioneers who first settled throughout Nevada and California by visiting the living-history events and lifelike exhibits at our museum. This is a opportunity to engage in pioneer life is fun for the entire family. A variety of interesting and fun Interpretive programs are offered on a regular basis. For more information about the California Trail Center, go to http://www.californiatrailcenter.org/.
I visited the Center a few years ago and even today I remember how wonderful this place is. (At the time I was whining about how long the drive was but we were definitely not sorry we went.) The... Read more
Awesome find! This place was recommended by a local friend and it really is a place that you can drive by without realizing that there is a FREE museum that takes about the California Trail. When... Read more
This is a one of a kind stop on I80 Westbound just outside of Elko. It is a "hands on" type of educational center that focuses on the migration west from St. Louis, MO to California. Outside... Read more
California Trail Interpretive Center
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- Sun - Sat: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
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