List of hillside letters in Nevada

This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1][2][3] There are at least 47 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, with possibly many more. The largest concentration is in the Carson City/Reno region.

Monogram	Town	Description	Location
A	Austin		39.4878°N 117.0715°W
A	Beatty	Angel's Ladies brothel	36.942571°N 116.729625°W
B	Henderson		36.0163°N 115.0016°W
B	Henderson	Basic High School	36.045°N 114.925°W
BM	Battle Mountain		40.603°N 116.972°W
B	Beatty		36.9156°N 116.7814°W
B (uncertain existence)	Blue Diamond		36.0468°N 115.406°W (uncertain location)
BC	Boulder City		35.99°N 114.8611°W
C	Carlin		40.6992°N 116.1023°W
C	Carson City		39.1581°N 119.7875°W
D	Reno	Damonte Ranch High School	39.4212°N 119.7027°W
D	Dayton		39.1996°N 119.571°W
D	Minden	Douglas High School	38.9803°N 119.8391°W
E	Las Vegas	Eldorado High School	36.1866°N 115.0089°W
E	Elko		40.813°N 115.708°W
E	Eureka		39.5126°N 115.9568°W
F	Fallon		39.4891°N 118.7535°W
F	Fernley		39.5947°N 119.272°W
FHS	Fernley	Fernley High School	39.5839°N 119.2414°W
G	Gabbs		38.8609°N 117.9127°W
G	Reno	Galena High School	39.3767°N 119.7788°W
G	Goldfield		37.725°N 117.2259°W
G (uncertain existence)	Goodsprings		35.8326°N 115.4357°W (uncertain location)
H	Hawthorne		38.5269°N 118.6935°W
H	Hazen		39.5762°N 119.0511°W
IS	Indian Springs		36.5637°N 115.6815°W
L	Panaca	Lincoln County High School	37.8179°N 114.3379°W
L	Lovelock		40.1894°N 118.3931°W
L	Lund		38.8551°N 114.9956°W
M	Overton	Moapa Valley High School	36.5455°N 114.3987°W
M	Mountain City		41.8382°N 115.9567°W
N	Reno	University of Nevada	39.5592°N 119.8432°W
N (uncertain existence)	Las Vegas	Nellis AFB	36.2245°N 115.0221°W (uncertain location)
O	Owyhee		41.9395°N 116.0866°W
P	Alamo	Pahranagat Valley High School	37.3655°N 115.1221°W
P (uncertain existence)	Pahrump		36.2068°N 115.9839°W (uncertain location)
R	Reno	Reno High School	39.5534°N 119.8643°W
R	Sparks	Reed High School	39.5606°N 119.7202°W
SAR	Fallon	Search and Rescue (Fallon NAS)	39.396°N 118.6266°W
S (uncertain existence)	Searchlight		35.4673°N 114.921°W (uncertain location)
SV	Wellington	Smith Valley High School	38.7472°N 119.3757°W
S	Sparks		39.5354°N 119.6944°W
S	Carson City	Stewart Indian School (closed)	39.1298°N 119.7313°W
SC	Spring Creek	Spring Creek High School	40.7756°N 115.6284°W
T	Tonopah		38.065°N 117.2359°W
TONOPAH MINING PARK	Tonopah		38.0727°N 117.2231°W
V	Mesquite	Virgin Valley High School	36.7923°N 114.1535°W
V	Virginia City		39.3096°N 119.6582°W
W (uncertain existence)	Wadsworth		39.6329°N 119.284°W (uncertain location)
W	Wells		41.1855°N 114.9338°W
WP	Ely	White Pine County	39.2413°N 114.9048°W
W	Winnemucca		40.9969°N 117.7623°W
Y	Yerington		38.9695°N 119.1344°W

Sources

1. Corning, Evelyn (2007). Hillside Letters A to Z : A Guide to Hometown Landmarks. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
2. Rocha, Guy (June 2004), "Hillside Letters: In Plain Sight But Not Intended for Planes", Sierra Sage, archived from the original on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2011-08-09
3. Parsons, James J. (1988). "Hillside Letters in the Western United States". Landscape. Sante Fe, N.M. 30 (1): 15–23. Retrieved 2011-08-09.

External links

• Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures
• Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject
• Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers
• Nevada's Hillside Letters, a Google map showing most hillside letters in Nevada