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    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    The path is a single track dirt route heading up the gradual slope for 1.5 miles to the stone ruins.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    While the hike itself is not too spectacular, it does offer views from a path leading further and further into the remote Nevada landscape.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    Stream from the springs flows across the trail.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    A couple benches offer a chance to rest and take in the silence of this area.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    Visitor log set up beside the stone ruins.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    While visitors are asked not to climb or disturb the stone walls, they are invited to enter the footprint of the ruins and read interpretive signs describing the function of each room.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    Dusk at the Pony Express station.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    Cold Springs Pony Express Station ruins and hiking trail.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    03/19/2024
    An interpretive display is located beside the gravel parking lot, and also marks the trailhead for the path to the Pony Express station ruins.

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