Sierra Hwy U.S. 395

Where History and Beauty Meet. To travel U.S. 395 in California and Nevada means to marvel at snow-capped peaks soaring toward heaven; to revel in the smell of pine that permeates the air; to gaze out on desert sunsets of red and orange and yellow; to fish in clear, tranquil lakes; to bathe in healing hot springs; and to brave the rapids of cold, rushing rivers. It still means those things today, and so much more. There’s history to discover along this road. Cities have grown up around it, and boomtowns have become ghost towns beside it. 

Discover the majesty and history of the Three Flags Highway and El Camino Sierra from the timber country near the Oregon border south through Reno, Carson City, and Nevada’s oldest town. Climb toward the crest of the range and explore haunting Mono and breathtaking Mammoth Lakes, then descend to the edge of the Mojave Desert and witness a different kind of beauty. Revisit old 395 where it once continued down all the way to San Diego, the only highway to share part of its length with both the Lincoln Highway and Route 66.