Sand Mountain, NV (0785)

I'm sure this is a special sort of hell. I can't really think of an Eastern equivalent, at least not at this magnitude. I'll have to ponder that a while.

When I was a teen my brother did this in the sand dunes near Jacksonville, though they were much lower. I don't think that's allowed any more, partly because many of those dunes are now residences.

I don't venture out on the dunes when they're like this! But if you visit mid-week it's a lot quieter, or at least it used to be. There's also a 4wd track that comes in from the north side--did that years ago, but of course didn't have a good camera then. If your vehicle can handle sand, you can even cross the pass to come out on the west side of Sand Mtn, where you eventually join 50 about at that point west of the mtn where the highway climbs slightly. Along the way you pass a memorial to the crew of a Navy helicopter killed back in the 70s during training--more than a little poignant.