Roger's Black Rock Desert Page

Site Name: Black Rock Desert

• Location:
  • 95 miles NE of Reno, just east of Gerlach, NV.
• State:
  • Nevada
• Land Use Category:
  • Cultural Sites
• Description of site:
  • The region is dominated by a lengthy playa, known as the "largest flat place on earth." It attracts numerous unusual activities, including the annual Burning Man festival, and high speed automobile trials. The official one-mile land speed record was recorded here in 1983: 633.468 mph, by the vehicle Thrust 2. It is also a popular place for model rocketry and land-sailing.
  • Oh and its also a good place for off-road driving (that's why this page exists)!

Here are some links to trip reports and other information:

• How to get there.
• Labor Day Weekend in the Black Rock Desert By Brian Rabinowitz
• The Black Rock Art site has information on the "Friends of the Black Rock Desert" group that is currently being formed.