Microwave Road FS 42192

Trail Overview

Incredible vistas and solitude are the rewards for choosing Microwave Road. It is passenger car friendly and rated an Easy1. Microwave Road is a wide well-maintained gravel road that allows two cars to pass. Located at the end of Microwave Road is a microwave communication station and tower. Microwave Road travels through a landscape of Sage, Pinyon, and Juniper trees and is located in the Toiyabe National Forest.

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Difficulty

Microwave Road is a wide well-maintained gravel road that is wide enough to allow two cars to pass each other.

History

The trail/road leads to the area's Microwave communications tower. Pine Grove Hills has abundant groves of Pinyon trees. Pine nuts were a staple food for the local tribes that lived in this area. In 1866, Gold and Silver were discovered, and the area became a successful mining region.

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