Berlin Historic District

Berlin Historic District is an abandoned mining settlement in Nye County, Nevada, where wooden structures and a thirty-stamp mill remain standing. Mining equipment from the late 1800s lies scattered among the buildings, including ore carts, rails, and tools left where they were placed over a century ago.

The Nevada Company founded the settlement in 1897 to extract silver and gold. Production ended in 1911 when ore deposits ran out and residents left the town behind.

The name was chosen by German-speaking miners who settled here. Today you walk among weathered wooden buildings where rusted tools and equipment still sit where workers last left them.

The site sits within Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park and can be reached via an unpaved road that runs from the highway through dry hills. Signs along the route explain the mining structures and buildings, while guided visits take place on summer weekends.

The stamp mill is among the few in Nevada that remain fully intact at their original location. Nearby lie major fossil beds of Triassic marine reptiles preserved in the surrounding mountains.

Location: Nye County

GPS coordinates: 38.88222,-117.60722

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:29