Timelapse Drive - US Route 50 Nevada 'Loneliest Highway'

This is a timelapse drive along US Route 50 from Fernley to Ely Nevada. The drive takes about 5 hours, but for this video it's compressed down to 9 and a half minutes. A bit of electronica music accompanies the video to set the mood. Once we get out of Fallon, you'll see why it's called the loneliest highway. Filmed by Michael Adams. Enjoy the scenery.

Not quite sure why all the thumbs down, maybe because it's the crap music I chose...and these people don't have volume controls on their speakers or haven't found the mute button on the video...or maybe it's just too damn fast.

[Sparkyhobbies]

Honestly there are roads more desolate than this one in the states. I used to live in Elko, NV and have family in Oregon. Past Winnemucca, NV. I always used to take 140 out of Nevada towards Burns, OR and Bend, OR cause 95 is sometimes patrolled... No one patrols out towards Denio. You could drive that for 2 and half hours and see 3-6 cars the entire trip.

The bad thing, the creepy thing, is you can go 120mph and feel like you're going no where. It's surreal out on the salt flats. Between Winnemucca and Denio you can drive as fast as your car will go, and the mountains barely get larger minute to minute. It just feels like you're being completely still because the relative change in perspective is so imperceptible. There is nothing out there.

[orogenicman]

Great video.  I drove Highway 50 from grand Junction, Colorado to Reno, Nevada in 1994.  It wasn't just a trip.  It was an experience.  Loved it.

[Gary_Howe]

This is why I love America. You could never get this solitude in the UK. When I was in the US last year it was great being in the middle of nowhere.

[DirtRooster]

Just when I thought "well this is getting kind of rural looking" you came up on a flag man in the middle of nowhere. Cracked me up.

[kaiser]

If anyone plans on doing this, you'd better be driving a 70's muscle car while listening to the Doors, Riders on The Storm is recommended.

[zdravkopavic]

I remember driving with my parents through Bosnia in 2003 something like that over thr mountains where Manitu was filmed. There where some areas lonely like in this video or even lonelier.

[pranavvats]

India is a really vast country but u can never find a lonely road as this, even in the most dense areas like rain forest if arunachal I don't think it might be this empty

[goyeabuddy]

thanks for the ride, I enjoyed it!   I would love to ride my Harley on this road one of these days!     its on my bucket list!!

[gmaneis]

I think I counted about 80 vehicles in the opposite lane between Fallon and Austin, more than 100 miles, and many of them were traveling in groups of 2 or 3. Yikes, that's lonely all right! Fantastic fun to watch.

[Royalpucky]

One of the best things about there is the nighttime sky you can see stars and Stars and Stripes Forever

[helenjackman]

We really dislike this highway, if you drive faster than 75 MPH(which everyone does) a highway Patrol car will appear out of no where and if you are lucky you will get a warning. This highway pays their salary.

[vortexsophia]

that's an awesome video. I did this drive going East like the video Nov 2, 2014 in my mustang. It looked crystal clear just like this video.

[barreltwist]

Could you imagine the pioneers coming across this on horse back and wagon. And with teenagers. OMG I'd be think'n what have I got myself into.

[uzzalsaha]

Watched it in 2x speed. It was one hell of a roller-coaster ride!

[timothylegg]

I was watching this very intently and that traffic light in Fallon, NV about gave me a heart attack.

[NecumNaTo]

So beautiful... I wanna go there once more, enjoy it more, just vast emptiness and relax

[harmonyBalance]

I like it. I lived in Nevada for 20 years prior to moving. It is an interesting state even with all the difficulty of making a living there. Thank you for posting the video. I drove that route back in '98. From Ely to Reno. You have to take the time to appreciate the scenery miles you put in along your life way. :)

[Wolfsky]

Many years ago, I did this drive, all the way from LA, back to Denver. was gorgeous. You just have to be prepared, , & have supplies, in case. to a novel on tape the whole way. 72 y/o

[drdrakewtravis]

this is your chance to eye-witness the visual equivalent of driving through NV on I-50 at 1800 m.p.h.; that is Mach 2.34. [I did the math!] Thank you Michael Adams for filming this. It's a delight. (wife and I are driving I-50 next week :-)

[sttraveler]

WOW, a lot of activity on that road for being " the loneliest road". Not too lonely.
Now Oregon has some lonely roads. 100+ miles between towns with NO traffic ( Lakeview to Burns OR.  139 miles NO traffic -- None)