Directions: Highway 50E from Fallon 47 miles to Middlegate and the junction of Highway 361; Turn S on SR361 for 36.1 miles, through Gabbs, to a large dirt road; drive S for 5.3 miles; turn left on local dirt road for 5.9 miles

From Fallon: 94.3 miles

What Was

After the discovery of gold in 1901, Atwood came into being, and at one time had a hotel and a post office. Like most camps, when the gold ran out the town dried up. (Paher)

Post Office: Feb 1906 to Jan 1908

Newspaper: Fairplay Prospector

What is

Something was here, but it's hard to tell what- we couldn't find any foundations or ruins in the area, although there is quite a bit of glass and numerous can dumps in the area.