We’ve been having great fall weather this year in northern Nevada. Apart from the occasional day of high winds, this is the best season to be outdoors, with mild days, cool nights and plenty of sunshine. A great to enjoy this fall weather is by exploring Carson City through a self-guided walking tour.
The Kit Carson Walking Tour meanders through all of Downtown Carson for about 2.5 miles, visiting 48 historical markers in that short distance —which goes to show you how much history small-town Carson City crams into a few city blocks!
Photo: The Nevada State Capitol is on the Kit Carson Walking Tour
Notable highlights include the Governor’s Mansion, the Nevada State Museum the Orion Clemens House, the Brewery Arts Center and the State Capitol, though these are just a taste of the historical delights on this walking tour.
On the Visit Carson City website, you have access to an interactive page with numerical markers for each stop and an image and brief audio clip explaining the significance of each historical site. This is no doubt an ideal way to enjoy the tour, so bring along your headphones and a cellphone during your walk.
Photo: The Governor Jones Home on the Kit Carson Walking Tour (Source: Facebook)
A lot of northern Nevada’s history is concentrated in Carson City, and it is fitting that the town and this tour’s namesake is none other than Kit Carson, the legendary figure of the American West who embodied many of the characteristics and contradictions that you still find in local Nevada culture.
Downtown Carson City is a little island of history, architecture and civilization surrounded by a vast open desert — and this special place deserves to be explored and savored with the Kit Carson Walking Tour.
Caption: McFadden Plaza at the Brewery Arts Center (Source: Dan Bablinskas)
