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 53 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, with possibly many more. The largest concentration is in the Carson City/Reno region.

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Monogram	Town	State/Country	Description	Location
A	Austin	Nevada		39°29′16″N 117°04′17″W / 39.4878°N 117.0715°W
B	Henderson	Nevada	Basic High School	36°00′59″N 115°00′06″W / 36.0163°N 115.0016°W
B	Henderson	Nevada		36°02′42″N 114°55′30″W / 36.045°N 114.925°W
BM	Battle Mountain	Nevada		40°36′11″N 116°58′19″W / 40.603°N 116.972°W
B	Beatty	Nevada		36°54′56″N 116°46′53″W / 36.9156°N 116.7814°W
B (uncertain existence)	Blue Diamond	Nevada		36°02′48″N 115°24′22″W / 36.0468°N 115.406°W (uncertain location)
BC	Boulder City	Nevada		35°59′24″N 114°51′40″W / 35.99°N 114.8611°W
C	Carlin	Nevada		40°41′57″N 116°06′08″W / 40.6992°N 116.1023°W
C	Carson City	Nevada		39°09′29″N 119°47′15″W / 39.1581°N 119.7875°W
D	Reno	Nevada	Damonte Ranch High School	39°25′16″N 119°42′10″W / 39.4212°N 119.7027°W
D	Dayton	Nevada		39°11′59″N 119°34′16″W / 39.1996°N 119.571°W
D	Minden	Nevada	Douglas High School	38°58′49″N 119°50′21″W / 38.9803°N 119.8391°W
E	Las Vegas	Nevada	Eldorado High School	36°11′12″N 115°00′32″W / 36.1866°N 115.0089°W
E	Elko	Nevada		40°48′47″N 115°42′29″W / 40.813°N 115.708°W
E	Eureka	Nevada		39°30′45″N 115°57′24″W / 39.5126°N 115.9568°W
F	Fallon	Nevada		39°29′21″N 118°45′13″W / 39.4891°N 118.7535°W
F	Fernley	Nevada		39°35′41″N 119°16′19″W / 39.5947°N 119.272°W
FHS	Fernley	Nevada	Fernley High School	39°35′02″N 119°14′29″W / 39.5839°N 119.2414°W
G	Gabbs	Nevada		38°51′39″N 117°54′46″W / 38.8609°N 117.9127°W
G	Reno	Nevada	Galena High School	39°22′36″N 119°46′44″W / 39.3767°N 119.7788°W
G	Goldfield	Nevada		37°43′30″N 117°13′33″W / 37.725°N 117.2259°W
G (uncertain existence)	Goodsprings	Nevada		35°49′57″N 115°26′09″W / 35.8326°N 115.4357°W (uncertain location)
H	Hawthorne	Nevada		38°31′37″N 118°41′37″W / 38.5269°N 118.6935°W
H	Hazen	Nevada		39°34′34″N 119°03′04″W / 39.5762°N 119.0511°W
IS	Indian Springs	Nevada		36°33′49″N 115°40′53″W / 36.5637°N 115.6815°W
L	Panaca	Nevada	Lincoln County High School	37°49′04″N 114°20′16″W / 37.8179°N 114.3379°W
L	Lovelock	Nevada		40°11′22″N 118°23′35″W / 40.1894°N 118.3931°W
L	Lund	Nevada		38°51′18″N 114°59′44″W / 38.8551°N 114.9956°W
M	Overton	Nevada	Moapa Valley High School	36°32′44″N 114°23′55″W / 36.5455°N 114.3987°W
M	Mountain City	Nevada		41°50′18″N 115°57′24″W / 41.8382°N 115.9567°W
N	Reno	Nevada	University of Nevada	39°33′33″N 119°50′36″W / 39.5592°N 119.8432°W
N (uncertain existence)	Las Vegas	Nevada	Nellis AFB	36°13′28″N 115°01′20″W / 36.2245°N 115.0221°W (uncertain location)
O	Owyhee	Nevada		41°56′22″N 116°05′12″W / 41.9395°N 116.0866°W
P	Alamo	Nevada	Pahranagat Valley High School	37°21′56″N 115°07′20″W / 37.3655°N 115.1221°W
P (uncertain existence)	Pahrump	Nevada		36°12′24″N 115°59′02″W / 36.2068°N 115.9839°W (uncertain location)
R	Reno	Nevada	Reno High School	39°33′12″N 119°51′51″W / 39.5534°N 119.8643°W
R	Sparks	Nevada	Reed High School	39°33′38″N 119°43′13″W / 39.5606°N 119.7202°W
SAR	Fallon	Nevada	Search and Rescue (Fallon NAS)	39°23′46″N 118°37′36″W / 39.396°N 118.6266°W
S (uncertain existence)	Searchlight	Nevada		35°28′02″N 114°55′16″W / 35.4673°N 114.921°W (uncertain location)
SV	Wellington	Nevada	Smith Valley High School	38°44′50″N 119°22′33″W / 38.7472°N 119.3757°W
S	Sparks	Nevada		39°32′07″N 119°41′40″W / 39.5354°N 119.6944°W
S	Carson City	Nevada	Stewart Indian School (closed)	39°07′47″N 119°43′53″W / 39.1298°N 119.7313°W
SC	Spring Creek	Nevada	Spring Creek High School	40°46′32″N 115°37′42″W / 40.7756°N 115.6284°W
T	Tonopah	Nevada		38°03′54″N 117°14′09″W / 38.065°N 117.2359°W
TONOPAH MINING PARK	Tonopah	Nevada		38°04′22″N 117°13′23″W / 38.0727°N 117.2231°W
N	Reno	Nevada	University of Nevada	39°33′31″N 119°50′34″W / 39.5586°N 119.8429°W
V	Mesquite	Nevada	Virgin Valley High School	36°47′32″N 114°09′13″W / 36.7923°N 114.1535°W
V	Virginia City	Nevada		39°18′35″N 119°39′30″W / 39.3096°N 119.6582°W
W (uncertain existence)	Wadsworth	Nevada		39°37′58″N 119°17′02″W / 39.6329°N 119.284°W (uncertain location)
W	Wells	Nevada		41°11′08″N 114°56′02″W / 41.1855°N 114.9338°W
WP	Ely	Nevada	White Pine County	39°14′29″N 114°54′17″W / 39.2413°N 114.9048°W
W	Winnemucca	Nevada		40°59′49″N 117°45′44″W / 40.9969°N 117.7623°W
Y	Yerington	Nevada		38°58′10″N 119°08′04″W / 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
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