Strange Creepy Town Near Area 51 - Semi Abandoned Town in Nevada Desert - The REAL Loneliest Road!
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- I decided to finally take a remote back-road "trick route" I'd always wanted to try bypassing Tonopah on the way up from Las Vegas to Reno, Nevada. Wow, what a strange trip! A little single lane road in the middle of nowhere complete with a bizarre, sort of spooky and creepy (in a way), semi-ghost town! One of the oddest abandoned places we've seen in our years of desert travel. In over 2 hours of driving we saw not ONE other car...nor a single human being. Even when driving through the little town itself. Abandoned cars, trucks..even abandoned soda machines! But not a soul did we see! Haha..I thought being so close to area 51...maybe the aliens abducted everyone! Looks kinda like Fallout New Vegas or Nuketown. a scene straight from GTA! This is why we LOVE Nevada!! No place like it on Earth! ~Kenneth King Bear
"Strange. I wonder why there aren't any people out?"
*1000 degrees outside*
"No idea."
No people live there, they are gone.
Probably too damned Hot to venture out🦘or otherwise they are all dead.😡😜
But it's a dry heat!!
I was gonna say lol you can tell how warm it is. Just look at the mountains
lol that’s what I was thinking. It looks super hot
That place is where courage the cowardly dog used to live.
OMG I haven't seen that show in years! Hahahaa shit was crazy
Jose Sanchez Hahaha I was about to comment that 😂
Booga booga boogaaaaah!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@helenrobertson45321 😂😂😂. That was so funny!
Don't do this to me! You reminded me of my beautiful childhood and my fave cartoon. It hurts!
I remember that day. Just cause u didn't see us doesn't mean we weren't watching u
So...ur telling me ur live in silverpeak ?
How's the internet in Alkali?
😂😂
you creepy
The Hills Have Eyes
Best place for movie Wrong turn 2020
locks avenue yes!
Agreed
Or The Hills have Eyes 2😃😂
Yeah thinking the same thing... filming and snooping...good way to get shot, and become coyote food.
Here's a thought. The people may all be inside, watching you thru the drawn curtains, plotting how to carve you into steaks and turn your fancy city car into a dune buggy.
Me and my gf are dying at ur comment rn lmfaooooo
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Omgoodness 🤣🤣🤣 possible 🤣🤣🤣
😂 😂
"fancy city car" hahaha
This is the type of place where you can disappear for good... D: all of those old cars could have been people that got lost and drove through the town O_O
scary...
😩😩😂😂
Very true that would account for so many abandoned cars
No country for old men springs to mind.
@@FaithandNova bwhahahahahahah dude
You know those people have some good UFO and strange sightings stories
I think the aliens already took them far, far away !
Yepp
@@princessoffire1107 ,Lmao,Fr,Thouu,Riht,Thats,Truee,Thouu,Lmao,Lmao
I've actually seen two ufo's in louisiana. ..reported them to troop dept. all they said is that I wasn't the first one to see it
Kathryn Poole Haha, yes lol
"The Hills Have Eyes" is all I am thinking about watching this!!!!!!
how many times have you left your state?
Lol
Can you please explain your statement "The Hill Have Eyes"...You mean the people of the town are present but watching the town from some hidden place, right???
That. My. Sete. Es. Nice
My. Real. Sete. Es. Taxes
car, CAR! THERE'S A CAR COMING, QUICK EVERYBODY HIDE!
HAHAHA.....guy runnin' thru town with a bell in his hand....'ring....ring...ring.....TOO-RIST COMIN!! Duck and run for cover!!!" ~KJ
Unless it's lonely widowed, divorced, single Meg Griffin women, seeking a man..
Yep, everybody's crouched down below the window-sill, peeking out.
Lol
+Lance Rambert I think that he said "The new sheriff is near" 😛
The loneliest places I have ever been are some cities where sometimes you can't find a single person--out of the thousands you walk by--who will talk with you.
Steven Bruce go to Newcastle upon Tyne in U.K.
Everyone and I mean everyone would stop and talk to you.
@@johnhelmet5539 lol well that seem like it could be annoying cause some days u might just not wanna be bothered
@@johnhelmet5539 but are they friendly tho? When you say stop to talk you didn't say if they talked nice or bad to you lol
Aye John.. you beat me to the comment .. I was going to say about the further up North you go, the more friendlier and welcoming the people are. I am from a place near Consett and I have worked all over the UK.. in Leeds I was actually treated like a long lost relation by most of the people I spoke to.. they love Geordies. Yet London made me feel isolated, like I was invisible a bit like that bit on the Scrooge film when he can see them but they cant see him.. asking ignorant people directions or what time this or that opens or closes etc.. well lets just say I didnt get many replies. Some people mistake kind and friendly people as idiots or simpletons.. but lower working class people see the world through different eyes and they tend to have a lot of empathy and feel a need to respond to others who need help.. Its bred into our genetics.
@@Zionist-Occupied-Government yes, there are all kinds of responses you'll get depending on what part of the U.S. you're in as well. Once you travel about though you get used to what to expect. It's mostly in how you approach people so they understand what you want and how to interact with you. People in cities might seem cold until you get used to how they think. Once you understand that you'll often find them friendly enough.
People in this comment section watch too many movies and have started to believe they are real. The best people across the US live in these shabby small towns. I rode a bicycle across the US and always stopped in small towns like this (though much smaller) to spend the night. There are so many towns in the north-west and mid-west that have populations of less than 100. Many towns have less than 50. I spent the night in one town called Scenic in South Dakota that was literally a population of less than 10. It was one family and the lady who owned the town had it up for sale and asked if I knew anyone who wanted to buy a town lol. I also stayed the night in another town called Boyes, in Montana and only like 5 people lived there. A guy there let me spend the night for 2 nights because of a storm moving in. He had a little building in his back yard that was finished with carpet, a bunk bed, nightstand, and power. Anyway, I could go on and on about all the amazing small towns I stayed in and the awesome, generous, kind, and hospitable people I met.
Hey, are you British? When I drove across country and was in Nevada, I stopped at this road fork " the very beginning of 375 extraterrestrial highway". Its a little pull off with picnic tables and whatnot.
Anyway, there was a British guy there on a bike in the middle of the searing heat riding his bike across the country. I had a cooler full of water and I gave this guy a couple cold bottles which he downed right there. Always wondered about him and if he made it.
Yeah but,...you never said anything about how'd they taste?
WHERE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE? (no one is answering this lol)
@@TheAerovons Most likely inside since it was probably sweltering and there's not really a need to be outside in 100+ degree heat is there?
I was in South Dakota in 1987, and stayed in the town of Murdo. One day we went for a drive and found a small town called Oaktown or Okaton! Don’t really remember,but it was just one dirt road with very old buildings! I’m talking like late 1800’s! The population was 6 people! We talked with one man who was walking down the road and he said that it’s been this secluded and unpopulated since he was young! He looked to be around 80 or so! He called it a Ghost Town! I believed him! Very cool place though that I’ll never forget!
I don't think I saw a vehicle more recent than the early 80's. The place really looks apocalyptic.
At @3:38 there's a late-nineties Dodge. And at @3:28 there's a late-eighties Chevy.
There's a white/silver sedan that has some sort of early 2000s design on it, parked by a house on the distance @2:55
@chris younts Are they also making the TESLA vehicle batteries there, too?
My dad was born in silver peak but moved to Tonapah in the 80’s. Silver peak was a bustling mining town in 1910’s-1960’s, with it and the nearby town Tonapah being the major mining ventures nearby. At one point Tonapah had a population of 30,000. Alas, the silver/gold mines eventually dried up, and silver peak is left a hollow shell of a town. Only a population of around 50 and although incredibly nice, they seem to be very stricken but alcoholism and meth addiction. Everyone in silver peak works at the Alkaline fields outside of town, but those are bound to dry up soon. Go to the bar in silver peak for a real mind boggler.
i would be scared shitless...what if you ran out of gas?!
Ethan Roth right!! Or if the car overheated because Nevada is a desert😩😩😩😩 like i would have so much anxiety. I wouldn’t have agreed to be the passenger for this trip🤣🤣
Dragoslav Vega, Brazilian-American Nationalists okay?? First time ive ever heard that but you’re the one to talk when you don’t even have a picture of yourself.
Kesha Coffee girl, you’re freaking pretty
Heart Broken thanks girl☺️
@@keshacoffee you're so pretty 😔💞
Im a rookie truck driver and i recently took this route. My heart droped when i seen the pavement ends sign. With no way to turn around all I could do is go forward. Luckily all went well and i made it back onto the 95. Never Again i say.
ur so brave man
Listen rookie, watch your back man. You ever know that gonna happen¡¿😮
What’s so brave about this ?? Am I missing something
@@bigtuss7482 Nothing brave about it. Just a mistake made and lesson learned.
Fresno Grizzly why do you say it’s a mistake? & a lesson learned! Wish someone would have some footage if people really live there
I wouldn't call it a deserted ghost town, its just a small town in the middle if the desert and everyone is inside cuz it's so damn hot out lol
Maybe
Looks just like small mountain towns of NC and Virginia
xgromx::::With a little bit LESS water.
I doubt it..Gets really friggin hot in Toronto where i am from too but it doesn't look like this!Creepy as hell,you pay me 30 k I don't drive through there,lucky this guy came through ok!
Yeah,lucky....
I dont get why it so scary, im from Australia. Our whole country is basically like this....
People who comment this video laugh at this that’s all, but it is not really scary (By the the way Australia is an amazing country 🙏)
Not exacly.
Australia is 70 percent desert or more but 99 percent of people leave in coastal cities amd towns
Hi amigo from Australia 🇦🇺
I love your country!
This is on the west side of the above ground nuke test site ... those out in the open hot springs might be a wee bit "hotter" than what yall have in Australia, just saying mate. ❤
I will shed a little light on this town. At the end of the highway, there is a historical marker. If you read it, the town of Silver peak Nevada is explained. It was a small mining town in the early 1900's. Starting as a gold boom town, but after a few years, it went dormant. No more gold, so most of the town left. People that stayed a few years later, suffered a horrible fire, burning up most of the town. Years later, the town was revived due to the rich minerals of this particular area! It is now, one of the largest producers of lithium in the United States! Yes, they have a tiny post office, and old homes, and homesteads. Up the mountain is also a large, active gold mine, which most of the workers, use Silver peak to park, and camp their trailers to work during the week, then take off home on their weeks off. Now, in recent months, both roads thru Silver Peak are now paved! Cheers!
I don’t know what time of year this was filmed, but you have to remember that a.) there’s not a lot of people period out on those parts of the country and b.) Nevada is devastatingly hot a majority of the year. When it’s 120 outside with little to no cloud cover (humidity), you’ll find that people don’t just lounge around outside like they do on a more moderate climate.
Deepak. S maybe they don’t like you !
Trey Warnock 100% right.
It's about to get busy again.
Thank you! I live in a small town in Italy, I could not understand why the city is abandoned... I've never seen something like that! I'd like to explore all around that! xD
We've been traveling the desert for over 25 years now. Love every bit of it! Been on tiny "goat trail" roads. Blacktop, dirt, gravel roads. Even in the most remote places...we've always passed at least one other vehicle on the road. You know...seen SOME kinda sign of life. Here's this town Silverpeak in our video here....supposedly it has 107 inhabitants. The Lithium plant is supposed to be open and running....and yet in well over an hour of driving...including through the town itself....past the Lithium plant....never saw another moving vehicle or a person. Here's the strangest part....we've been back through that same route twice more since we shot this video in 2009. Once in October of 2011....and again in Jan of 2013. Exact same result! Never saw another person or moving vehicle....nothing open including that post office! This is one fascinating & odd little place! ~KK
Definitely CREEPY. It reminded me of some of those cheap horror movies, like the Texas Chain Saw Massacre done by Rob Zombie. I'm not trying to be funny, that's exactly what it looks like, LOL. Maybe this is where he came up with the idea.
Chris Kavanagh
Chris....all the years we've been traveling the desert as I mentioned...seen so many out of the way places....there was just something extra spooky about this place. I think it's a lot to do with that crazy one lane road goin in. Then...you come to that amazing drop off where you see the "lake" way way down in the valley. Then..when you get down there...it's surreal! And finally...you get to the town. It looks like everybody just up and left all at once. Strange but fascinating at the same time! Take care. ~KK
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I think you nailed it Vince. hahahaha....either abducted...or "vaporized" by Aliens! ~KK
***** Noticed your B.C. plates there mate I lived in the kootneys, Watching this video I saw many rare cars and trucks Which really makes me want to drive there and take them back home lol
Hi and thanks Jake! We live on Vancouver Island...beautiful lush green place! Ya....tons of old iron tucked away back in there! Because we still had hundreds of miles to drive to get to Reno...we really just had time to shoot this vid on the way through. There is SO much more stuff back there we didn't show this time. I'll make a point of going back that route again...with more time...and shoot some more of the area! ~KK
That city gives off the 'Hills have Eyes' kinda vibe. Watch the movie. You'll understand.
Yes it is true 🤣
True. Scary
Haha I've seen the movie part 1 & 2 scary!!
😂😂😂😂
I thought the same exact thing!!!
A real open world adventure right here. A new area has been unlocked on the map. This is so awesome!
Imagine how surprised the locals were to see a car 😁
Debi Herbert what locals?!😂
Oh, they are all on the phone; "keep looking out the window he'll be coming by your house in a few seconds, I ain't never seen him before. Another one of those feds snoopin around". 😅
@@jacknapier9026 in the bushes. Watching. Waiting
It's been a while since this video posted - I was just thinking about your comment, and that I didn't see a single vehicle newer than about 30 years old - most looked no more recent than the 70s. I agree, this is the stuff your low budget horror films are made from!
Imagine a workday for that postal employers
ihzzzz I’m hoping there’s air conditioners inside that fucking little trailer 🔥🥶🤔
Make no mistake.....all the towns people saw you!!
"The Peaks have Eyes"..
all 2 of them
a grace. Lol
Lmao.....😂😂
For sure they did, and they got his licence plate nr written down.
Maybe its too hot . Maybe they are sleeping. Then later on in the day the townspeople come out when its cooler outside.
It's populated by meth heads and vampires, exclusively, so it makes sense you don't see anyone during the day.
@@TheVisavis123 OH MY GOODNESS, That's crazy.
Hank Hill extremely creative I like that!😎👍🏼🔥
@Alexis Gonzalez from the drug dealing vampires
@@tombeirne7090 😂😂😂😂😂
I saw nothing creepy here. I live in a desert too and when it's mid day it's too hot outside that it looks like a ghost town.
Your profile pic is creepy lol
Sm00th TV but the cars are all so old
+AisenVEVO The newest vehicle I saw was the black mid-90's Dodge Dually. 2nd newest was a late 80's Chevy truck. Everything else was early 80's to 50's!
I seen you on many comment sections of these videos.. That's creepy
+Mark Danger their was people because like you said that second gen dodge would not look that clean (of rust) without people
I live in Nevada and pretty much everything here is scary.
your not scary your beautiful
Yep it looks like a scary shithole
Omg so many desperate guys. Cant a girl just go one fucking minute without being harassed?
Mr Memes Thank you!
Anytime
The strangest place I've been was in Tennessee. There were cobwebs on the pumps of the only gas station in town. We were Really hungry and Really tired, so we stopped at a cafe that looked open, with some cars around. The cafe was packed with people, maybe a hundred or more, and the only place we could see to sit was through the tables up at a little cafe bar. It was noisy when we stepped in but went dead silent and stayed that way as we walked the long walk to the bar, sat down, waited until our spidey senses could take it no more, and got up quietly and walked that long walk back out. We could hear the talk resume as we closed the door. We were just nineteen and fresh-faced kind of kids, not imposing or anything, on a ~7 thousand mile adventure.
About five miles down the road was a teeny town (like comparing Silver Peak to Alkali) but they had gas, offered us some of their home-cooked food since they didn't have a cafe, and talked our ears off. It was a relief after the chill we'd felt. We never asked about that other town; we just didn't want to know, I guess.
Sure lots of strange stuff in this world hey Sandy? ~Kenneth
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*^_^* Maybe you will find them all *
PS If you ever make it to Colorado Springs you can drop by a little dairy ranch east of there for some fresh raw milk :) Not quite as strange as other places probably, but hey, to them their strange place is home or work, I suppose. Happy travels!
WolfeSandy
I sure do like searching for strange stuff....love the adventure of it all! ~KJ
But, then, when you get back up in some of those out of the way places (such as coming in from N.C., things start to get weird.
Jeremy Horne
Oh ya Jeremy....no shortage of "weird" places out there! The desert certainly not the only place by any means! Take care. ~KJ
no one :
my youtube recommendations after everyone agrees to storm area 51 :
The Hills Have Eyes! thems is gonna get you!👀
Just go to the Last House on the Left
Rubyyyyyyyyyyyy
Very true.
I remember that scary and nasty movie.
Oooh noooo☹
They are everywhere even in the shitter
I live there, it surely looks abandoned but seriously no one wants to go out 'cause the sun's burning.
I guess Cell Towers are their and internet?
What about a grocery store or a coffee shop? Are there any?
@@Μαρινα0481 Benton, Cal? This is tbe closest i been on the border of Nev/Cal. Dyer for sure.
Μαρίνα 0481 very interesting I’d wonder same🤔🏠🥶🌳🏜🧛🏻♀️
We need answers where you at?
Imagine your vehicle stalls in the middle of the night....that's scary.
september quest and a freakin ufo or trucker passes by out there; really, would you sleep in your car? Has anyone ever been reporting missing out there while traveling to Vegas?🤔🛣🏜🏢
@@Yummie-Cakes tsss or a crazy loco guy with couple knifes persuit you..
DUDE thanks for using km/h
Respect. Not many people especially Americans do that
Desi Car Guy PK a lot of Americans don’t know how to translate km! I don’t know...but then I’m a dog so...anyway This guy travels so he knows...
actually, there was a sale on 2x4's there......you can buy 2x4's all over the world(some of them 8 ft long)!
i dont use km/h but it is nice seeing americans use metric
OMG! I just happened to stumble upon this video but instantly I knew where you were at. Back in 1994 I first traveled this road when visiting my dad in a little unknown town in Nevada named Silverpeak. I am so blown away seeing this. My dad died in 2006 so this was very nostalgic for me. We did lots of exploring around that country side. Doesn't seem like it but there's much to see, including petroglyphs in a valley not too far away.
Interestingly Silverpeak, in the beginning, was the capital of Nevada. It's where silver was first discovered, hence the name. There's a historical marker that states the large size of the town and also a ghost town of sorts on a hillside but most of it is gone leaving only holes in the ground where basements used to be. But you can clearly see how the streets ran just from those ground holes.
FYI those "ponds" you saw driving in are the results of lithium mining. My dad ran heavy equipment for this company removing the salt overburden and other heavy equipment work. A few years later another company came into town to reopen an old mine there. The town grew a little with two large company's to sustain families but in this video it looks like this may have changed. Since this is right after the big recession it makes sense that it's more of a ghost town than ever. Never a town town but it was not in this bad of shape when I was last there.
I can't get over seeing this video. Being able to reminisce about my dad has been wonderful! I miss him everyday. Thank you so much!
I know it's been 7 years since your video but I couldn't resist looking up the post office. You were driving on Main Street, as the post office address is 350 Main St, Silverpeak, NV 89047. It's still an active location according to the official USPS website. Great video!
I looked up the post office and actually called it. A nice lady answered. I explained to her why I called and that I was in Ohio. I thought she might be annoyed by the call but she wasn't at all. She doesn't live in Silverpeak but in a nearby valley but she was in the post office when I called. She seemingly keeps the post office open according to the designated hours... a good government employee if perhaps a bored one. I asked her the size of the town's population and she said it varies with the mining but there are about 100 permanent residents.
@@threeofive9401 How did she ever get a job like that? How would you even apply for it?
tommygirl20247 do they actually eat people?
The town has a fire department.
tommygirl20247 😂😂🤣🤣
On our recent road trip my fiance and I decided to take the trek out to Silverpeak going north because this video had peaked my curiosity. It was beautiful, lots of wild donkeys and little development. We went around 6pm and workers were driving past us, not all that creepy. The road turned to sand and was pretty bumpy in our van, the signs of "Dangerous Dust" were unnerving. As we reached town I was shocked: lots of people and work vehicles! Kids were swimming in the community pool and guys were chatting leaned up against their work trucks. People waved to us. We stopped to get some pictures and found a horned lizard. The place has some interesting vibes but it's far from abandoned.
I work for a Ford service center here in Long Island, NY and as soon as I saw you doing this in a Flex I prayed for you man. Ballsy
Danny 09 what about the flex makes this ballsy? The terrain or the heat?
Julie Ogden well the heat can play a factor with these cars and they can handle a bit of rough terrain like in the video but every time I get a Flex coming into our service center I get negative comments from the owners about reliability but that’s just Ford in general. F(ind) O (on) R(oad) D(ead)
@@jaydock1 the Flex its not the most reliable ford on the market.
What about pilot or 4 runner?
A great place to meditate.
A bad place to have car trouble.
Meditate? Mmmm. Really?
Ain't that the truth! LOL I think I will overcome this relationship breakup by going there and finally be able to find myself under influence of hallucinogenic drugs . Thanks! I'll be sure to rent a solar powered car just in case or wear a "life alert necklace".
Yeah. What is meditate mean?
That is close to a rule not principle. Priceless abandon vehicles and fun things too.
@@mr9majestic 😂😅👍
Why does this video remind me of the movie The Hills Have Eyes? Watch out!
Hahaha...thanks Randy...most certainly wanna watch out way back in there off the main Hwy!! ~KJ
***** funny how you put your initials in every comment xD
Flip Flop
It's"how I'm known" Flip Flop....Kenneth Jordan St. King is my name....but my Dad always called me KJ when I was a kid. He's passed on now....so I went from Kenneth St. King.....to "KJ"...to honor my Dad! Hahaha...here I go with it again...~KJ
ps....If you search TH-cam and type in KJ St. King you'll see what I mean about "how I'm known". Take care!
You better hope it's not a "Nuke-town" where the military tests new bombs and stuff lol!
that what i was thinking about as well what would make it even more weird is if there were mannequins
We don't test nukes anymore. We tested hundreds and hundreds in California, Nevada, New Mexico and lots of ocean tests. I'm not sure how California and the other states near by still have life..
We have plenty of life... for now.
You can see all the craters on Google maps right by this town
They test inventory bombs to make sure they'll still function
I’ve made the drive between Vegas and Reno many times. Ive been curious about this road. Thanks for the video...curiosity cured.
I spent two nights in Silverpeak in 2001, was flying across that area in a small airplane when the weather started turning nasty with low clouds and light snow. Spotted a runway so rather than push my luck, I landed there. Small cafe of sorts there and she rented me a room (actually she let me sleep in the travel trailer parked behind her place). No water in the trailer so had to go inside to the bathroom. Weather broke in a couple days and I continued my trip. That's the fun in the aircraft delivery business.
Jim Foreman, what do you deliver? With today's weather, I wonder how long it will be before air travel is a challenge for both travelers and those who fly for a living.
I was delivering a Cessna 182 to California that a guy had bought at an auction in Missouri. Coming up on mountains with nasty weather moving in dictated that I not push my luck. Spotting that dirt runway kept me from having to back-track about 50 miles.
I'm glad you made it to the runway and found a place to stay. Maybe you had a guardian angel, Jim Foreman. I'll bet you could write a book.
Perhaps He was my Copilot. But you are right about writing a book.....
www.amazon.com/Flight-Temporal-Cub-Jim-Foreman/dp/1449548792
Pat Cavanaugh, any relation to Mike Cavanaugh who is a retired Delta pilot?
if someone stops you in that town, lock your door and dont open the window
that's dumb. I live in.a major city. You have to be WAY more afraid here and I live in a good area.
Never had anything remotely "Deliverance" like happen.
Tho they did all stop when I went into Waffle House. Like they never saw a Gold Wing motorcycle before...that was weird.
Jan janszoon. I agree!! But I still believe that you will find some dumb souls that will open their window!
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Nah man, it's even more dangerous there since well, you're in the middle of nowhere.
You won't get help at all
I've been to silver peak traveling with my son for a adventure. I forgot matches and stopped in the bar and they gave me matches. Nice people.
You may not have noticed it, but they were watching you.
Oh ya...no doubt of that! Sure was a neat experience. Even after all the funky stuff we've seen in the desert over the years...this place took it up a gear! Take care and thanks. ~Kenneth
I'm from England, and in Early 1980s, visiting relatives in CA, my uncle took us on a 3 thousand mile trip going through Death Valley. It was unbearable in car. We did pass a few signs that showed signs of life were there. My uncle fried an egg on bonnet of car 😁 for us. It was scary coz the car did stop and overheat for a while. My parents panicked! My uncle just laughed and we got going. Never forgotten that trip to this day.
Gotta say, y'all brave driving out there with no gas/service stations in view!
It's ~80 miles from the 95 turnoff to Silverpeak and back to Tonopah fuel wouldn't even be an issue if you're planning properly.
You and wifey gotta leave your boring urban life so you can travel around looking down your noses at where and how rural people live. I’ve lived in villages 7 hours flight time from anywhere where some populations were as few as 14 people and I’ve lived in cities with populations of 3 million plus. By far the friendliest folks and the most personable who would give you the shirt off their backs to a stranger in need are the rural folk (unless they are like you). If you want to look down your nose at people FIRST take a look at yourself and those around you in the ‘Big City’ before making a fool of yourself you jerk stain.
@@b.l.i.9182 I believe you. Actually she spent a ton of time traveling thg e country with me when I was driving over the road. These places was always special to me. But I've learned growing up over the years. People's different, not everyone friendly and a lot of people don't like having new strangers stumbling around their homes. So that's why I never went deeper than the interstates through and the highways inside the smaller towns.
@@b.l.i.9182 nvm, I just realized you was responding to someone else.
Its all fun and games until your car brakes down! :)
Best answer of all :-)
And its really bad when car ""BRAKES"..down. Soon after it "breaks" down.
Breaks
Did some research, but dont quote me on this: Silverpeak is a mining town, and all of the inhabitants are over 30, and they all work at the mine. Late in the afternoon is when you will see everyone leaving the mine to head home or to open local businesses, such as a the bar. The post office is only open on day a week, and is used only to store mail until delivery day.
It's quite the place. The 3 times we've been through there now we have just never seen another soul....and never yet passed another moving vehicle. We've never managed to hit that Post Office when it's open either. Take care. ~Kenneth
Am I the only one that this town reminds of the movie cars from Disney you know lightening mqween
I found true gold folks
@@RastaPootis but did you find lightening mqween?
radiator springs
@@thischannelisusedforaudio3726 I think you mean radiater springs
had to chuckle... 18 seconds into video, no one in sight and you use your turn signal!!!
Habit.
That's good driving etiquette. drivers around here dont use signals worth shit when swerving dumbass drivers. I'm glad he used his signals sign of a good driver.
ensign4Him LOL ...
If he didn’t use his turn signal, there’s a very good chance, the Sheriff from Hell woulda showed up from outta nowhere and confiscated his car AND all passengers!
It's called muscle memory.
Well there was a truck it seemed headimg his way
Be pretty funny if a cop car pulled out because they ran a stop sign.
It would be the cop from chain saw massacre
I love towns where you have to pass over a cattle guard to enter.
Id rather visit there than corperate style Disney lands.
😂😅👍
Silverpeak looks like a town that was abandoned in the 60s and never saw another person again... creepy.
Silver Peak NV is a Lithium farm. The hot dry climate is perfect for harvesting lithium. Water with lithium and other chemicals are pumped out of the ground and into these shallow lake beds. The sun evaporates the water and the dried remnants are used to produce lithium. I bet the population is very small due to the corrosive environment nearby. In fact without these farms I doubt anyone would even be living there.
Lithium farm? Must be a dream for everyone with bipolar and depressions!
No one lives there.
That's a cool video. I have been all over Nevada and have not been on that stretch of road. Obviously someone occupies Silver Peak. It reminds me of the town of Gold Point down in the more southern part of the state. Total isolation on a desert road. For a city kid, it feels a little surreal, and a bit spooky.
This area should be a zombie movie
Actually, that area is called "The United States of America".
They film out there actually.
Always use that turn signal for safety! Those tumbleweeds are horrific drivers. 😂🤣
It's a good thing you didn't stop to long. I am a nevadan. There are stories about that town. 1 - Don't stop 2- Don't speak foul 3 - Don't stop.
The people who are there generally take cover when they see someone come into there town for the fear of gov't officials, or Legal people, the feds.. etc.... People have been known to Disappear out there. Trust me, YOU ALL were being watched!. May I suggest, do not go back. It is a serious place, I am NOT joking. But these are all stories I grew up with, and the same thing happened to myself with friends last time i cut through there, about 20 years ago. Still looks about the same too. Strange.
Hi Ken! Ya...you know...you have it about right! They just recently had a brutal murder there! Now THAT...adds to the spookiness. Not jokin' either. Here's an article about it! ~KJ www.reviewjournal.com/news/rare-murder-investigation-hits-small-nevada-mining-town
If you want an adventure, but to keep it simpler, try the old Chinese camp site in Virginia city. No one really shares or accepts this place anymore. But it is sad, because it is still a part of our history. Just thought i would share this.
ken white
Will do that for sure Ken! Probably head there in Spetember! Thanks for the cool share. ~KJ
Maybe there were no people because it was 200 d*mn degrees outside.
Truth. I live in Nevada and basically hibernate between 8am and 6pm during the summer months of April through September.
That's exactly why. I lived in Nevada for a long time and people just don't hang out and walk the streets in 100+ degrees. It's hot and people are inside their cool houses.
The Nevada sunshine will burn a hole in your head if you don't take cover. In some parts it can reach 110°+. I'm in Spain and it's the end of September at a much more pleasant 86°
EricaYE6 😂
Lmao ya it's hella hot there
That was extremely unnerving. The thought that there could well have been people watching you from inside those buildings, perhaps phoning others further down the road to give them a heads up. Commenters here are right when they compare it to something out of a 'backwards town horror movie'.
It really got unnerving for us after we'd been through. Actually....a year or two after....as we'd been informed by a commenter that recently (2013) a been a brutal murder was committed here! They found a body stuffed down an old well. Quite gruesome. Details here: www.reviewjournal.com/news/rare-murder-investigation-hits-small-nevada-mining-town
There are a lot of great looking old towns in Nevada. It’s so quiet out there in the desert that your ears starting ringing.❤️❤️❤️
This is a really interesting video. I live in the UK and would do anything to visit the area around Area 51. Thanks for the upload!
You are very welcome! Please try to make it a "goal" to get over here one day and tour these fascinating places....you will most certainly not be disappointed mate! Cheers. ~KJ
Definitely not abandoned. Too clean. And the vehicles too intact. Salvages would strip this place if OT was abandoned. Gonna love visiting there this winter.
I know people in Silverpeak including the manager of the lithium plant which also mines gold as a by product. Great hard working people. Up at the top of those mountains behind it is another gold mine called Mineral Ridge. Great hunting and beautiful views up there. Too bad you didn't go that way back to the roads. It would have led you down the other side to Fish Lake. Neat little farming town with a great hot spring. From there you can go on to Tonopah or Montgomery Pass and then in to Bishop, CA. or even further to Mammoth.
Ya for sure! Been to Fish Lake Valley up the other way....from Dyer/Lida road coming over from Big Pine. We will take the route you suggested another time no doubt! Thanks and take care. ~Ken
Thanks for the video! I hike in the desert quite frequently. I cannot believe you took that road in a Ford Flex! Remember to always take at least a gallon per person per day, gun, and a tracking device!
Why do I keep thinking I'm going to see a cartoon roadrunner and coyote in this video,,,LOL
Jeff Pittel that’s Kool 😎👍🏼🏜🔥
Interesting Video. I enjoyed watching but that area looks spooky. I love road trips but O goodness, that would have freaked me out. Back roads do have some hidden gems
Hi and thanks! Ya....many hidden gems when you venture off the beaten path....but then you also come across spooky places like this! We were definitely more than a bit nervous...and super glad to get back on the road out! Take care ~Kenneth
basically you are driving over a huge underground base, my friend!
Thank you for sharing your creepy traveling experience journey on this abandoned town in the middle of the desert.
I had a goosebumps feeling all over me watching your documented video.
And that was really awesome !!!
Back in the mid 70s I was playing music in a road band. Our agent booked us in Tonopah, Nev. at a hotel and casino called the Mizpah. We were there for a week. I don't remember much about it except that it was a small town, and they were celebrating Jim Butler days (an old silver miner from back in the day)...Oh yeah, and they had a cat house just outside of town.
Cool video!
It reminds me of the movie The Hills Have Eyes. LOL
Hahahaha...and a few other classic horror movie sets too! ~Kenneth
V8AmericanMuscleCar me too😂
When you know that movie was filmed in Morrocco lol .. :D
I was thinking the same thing , there may have been psycho hillybillies peaking from behind their curtains !
not a good place to break down or anything
Kandy Mich Looks like something out of the Hills have Eyes
When you visit Silver Peak, the citizens put on a happy face.. .. YOURS!
Banjo music starts playing.
Kandy Mich For real😭😪
Boy my AAA service would be charging me!
This is one of those situations where you appreciate owning a Gun.🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫
no usually the people that live there be in town because who wants to live in their homes all day. the people probably went to go see family somewhere and its all deserted there.
This is one of those situations where you sound ignorant 🎀
One Of Them Situations You Don't Put Yourself in
americans and their guns ...
Why should i visit a country where guns are legal? Imma stay as far away from America as possible.
Thanks for taking us there! I wouldn't be able to pull something like that. It's so creepy and yet fascinating!
Pretty crazy. I used to live in the Mojave desert in California, and you see abandoned houses all the time. Its always fun to see what kind of abandoned houses you can find :)
Ya for sure! That Mojave desert has some strange sights of it's own! Take care and thanks for the comment! ~Kenneth
***** these videos remind me of fallout new vegas
I haven't played fallout new vegas (Although I have played some of the older ones), but a lot of media (video games, movies, and even a lot of commercials) are inspired by or filmed in the mojave desert. It is quite well known.
I have found some real interesting places by taking the back roads. Thanks for sharing.
For sure JB! Lot's of wild and woolly adventures can be had when venturing off the beaten path. Thanks for stopping by! ~KJ
Oops...answered you from my guitar channel....sorry bout that! ~KJ
This looks like beginning of Hills Have Eyes.
Im from there and we saw you... You just didnt see us 😉
Sure and I am the next president.
Ikr cause u was the one givin me sum head in the front seat of that black pickup truck
Why were you hiding?
@@christmasisawesome9348
*Yeah, why were you hiding from us?*
creepiest comment
Maybe all the people were in church!
Naw it was taco Tuesday
EvilOutlaw-9-1-1 This is in Nevada not Texas
Tae lol
Church of what ?
Praying to snakes
Got my popcorn just waiting for leatherface to come out with his chainsaw. 🍿
Joshua Perez omg 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
DK, I'm sure you've realized by now that there's actually quite a LOT of very weird, dumpy, almost abandoned tiny towns in the MOFN in America. Especially in the deserts of the West. I used to be quite shocked by these, but as a person who regularly "gets lost" on purpose in areas of the Mojave(near Barstow, Ludlow, Bagdad, Red Mountain, etc). I'm starting to get more used to finding either abandoned or extremely run-down towns.
A note of CAUTION: A high percentage of people who live in these tiny towns are there for good reasons. Such as, they don't want to be around others, or they can't abide strangers. Many of these people are extremely anti-social. I have seen several get verbally aggressive simply because I had stopped my car nearby to get a better look, or take a pic. You need to be prepared to do a "Sorry, got to go, thanks.", and then drive away quick. And, always make sure you have someone who knows where you are. Me, I don't even stop in remote areas without first texting my GPS coordinates to people back home. You want people to know where to start looking, if you vanish.
Pack heat. Loke a 1911 .45 auto. Can't be going out to BF Egypt with werido people in runned down towns without a gun. Just keep it covered but readily accessible.
Looks like one of those creepy Stephen King book towns in the desert, where nobody comes out, just watch from behind the curtains, and anyone who dares stop for the night is never heard from again.. XD
It truly feels like that too when you are back there "live and in person". You just want to hurry up and get outta there! ~Kenneth
This guy Jim Foreman in the comments actually spent two nights here and found a small cafe and the woman who worked there gave him a room in the RV trailer behind it. It's got people in it, alright.
@@darthcreaper8173 ..were those people cannibals?
Eternally Angelic you betcha . Stephen King was there underneath working on a 1958 Plymouth fury. Ayuh. ..
Theres a reason why they "left", dont go there at night.
Why
+SoaR MikiPRZ TM because there's no one operating the street lights so it's pretty dark if you pass there during the night.
Hey ImReena streetlights go on and off automatically.
The Western version of "Salem's Lot".
@@MKIVWWI that's exactly what I'm thinking
try to go there by night, maybe they are vampires....
You mean moor zombies in there
FLAME-XIII wow i was thinking the exact same thing
I drink blood
pillarmens
Vampires are not real
Cool video....seems like ghost towns.... something out of twilight zone..
It's scary man to just go there, if i ever went to places like that i'll bring 3 full fuel re-fillers . and 4 extra tires no joke
imagine you run out of gas??
there's nobody, the population as you said was 100?
not a single person was in there, where did they go??
there's something fishy going on, next time you go somewhere, bring yourself something for protection, like an 9mm handgun or something else just in case.
Definitely hear you there! We've found out a recent fairly brutal murder happened there. I think in late 2013 early 2014. They found a guy stuffed down an old well. Certainly have to watch your back going into a place like that! Here's a link to that murder I mentioned: www.reviewjournal.com/news/rare-murder-investigation-hits-small-nevada-mining-town
***** That makes it even more scary than it actually is
PyroFreaq
Doesn't it? I mean...man...if it wasn't already spooky enough! Glad we found out about the murder AFTER we drove through..because i don't think my wife would have allowed me to take this route had we known in advance! ~K
I'd also have a couple dirt bikes strapped on the back, just in case my "primary mode of transportation" failed (as it always seems to in the movies!)
It was Sunday everyone was Drunk inside.
you drove a Ford into the middle of nowhere? you have balls
POINT! HAHAHAHA
👍😍Wow! Thanks for sharing this!! That’s where I wanna be...in the middle of no where with no body!!! It’s definitely on my list now!!
BTW you mentioned it was Sunday sooo I figure:
1)half of the people were at church🙏
2) the other half were sleeping off the Saturday night alcohol induced shenanigans 😂
LovingAtlanta 🔥😹😹😹👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This is AWESOME, I have driven 95 several times through Tonopah I am going to do this rout next time. Thank you!
Interesting. Would love to walk and investigate around there
Same I would love it!
Me too...
MarkVL Don’t be silly now lol
Only an American can stay on a highly maintained flat road and say "I'm in the middle of nowhere!"
*city boy
Nah this is the middle of nowhere tho
The car has British Columbia plates
@Flying Monkey I'm a lifelong American and I find your attitude sickening and worse yet, dangerous. Like it or not, we're a global society now. It's not the Dark Ages or the Bronze Age any more where you can do things in your corner of the world and it doesn't affect anyone else.
If you think that wasnt in the middle of nowhere then you live in antartica or a desert.
If horror movies has thought one things it's to avoid back roads in the desert.
Lol true!
There seems to be an over abundance of vehicles for a small town period. The fact there is no one to drive them, makes it all the more bizarre!!
At 2:35 how do you know if you went the correct way? And what's up with all of those power poles in a deserted area? Lol...I watch way too many horror movies..
These towns are were movies like "Wrong Turn" get the idea. Mostly crazy hungry people who want to eat anything that moves. Scary... I will stick with my populated areas. Watch your videos for the rest. Be safe. No joke, this is how horror movies are made...
O ya for sure Devin....we definitely were "watchin' our backs" the whole time we were passing through! Was very nice to get back onto the main Hwy safe and sound! ~Kenneth
***** Yeah, I am getting more spirited. But I am out east of you and have lots of woods. It is differently weird. But love being out there.
Thank you for sharing. I would love to drive thru and see all those towns. I can own it, I would be scared. Cheers, live, laugh and love...
Devin Tarbell
Thanks Devin!! ~Kenneth
***** Anytime. Cheers, live, laugh and love...
I think you've seen too many of them...
Ok, this was strange AF
f ain't strange?
javed khan wtf, this dude is so desperate that the first thing he did is literally gave away his no, what a sicko and Luna come on gal, don't be racist, I dont think even a female from his own race will date him with that personality.
Donna Roselyn
Imagine how nights are, in places like this one..
When you hear a sound of dirt being stepped on, and you see no lights! 👹
Javed khan Larki ka naam dekh k foran apna nmbr de dia?? dekh goron ne teri kitni izzat afzai ki hai Gandu, Teray jese log Musalmano ko badnam karte hain.
Rick Toboni well said, I agree with you.
For anyone wondering the highway is Nevada State Route 265.
Thanks!
Id be careful on roads like that. 70mph is enough to blow out a street tire on a rough road. You also might piss the locals off if you drive too fast past a driveway or something.
Got it This is where "hills have eyes" shooted😂👻
I'm actually wondering if it was though! ... away to google where they shot it
The hills have eyes was filmed in Ridgecrest, ca
Fathima Nasreen no mountains though
city people are so dramatic
bleh lmao
No kidding. This isn't any ghost town, it's a typical isolated desert town and you can see from the PO, window units amd cars it has an active population. Most of the folks probably work in the mines nearby so they are up and off to work well before sunup, or else they are inside taking refuge from the heat as people do in areas where daytime temps are 100+. If you came back in the evening, you'd see lights through the town and up in the hills. People live this way because they like the lifestyle, they can't stand cities and crowds and traffic, they like knowing their neighbors, for the beauty of the desert and mountains, for the well-paid work. All kinds of reasons.
And typically annoying
And country people are all inbreds
Samuel Borgeson I only have to go to ONE family Christmas. How many do YOU have to go to???
Man what a beautiful silent town I wanna live there peaceful and quiet!.. ✌