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City Guide
Carson City is the capital of Nevada. It is located in the Carson Valley, just east of Lake Tahoe.
Get around
RTC RIDE is the public transit service for the greater Reno/Sparks community provided by the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County, Nevada. Fares for adult is currently $1.75. Free transfer obtainable by paying your fare on-board.
Eat
Q's Barbecue, best western style barbecue cuisine in the region.
Sleep
- Best Western Carson Station Hotel/Casino, 900 S Carson Street, +1 775 883-0900 (toll free: +1 800 501-2929, fax: +1 775 882-7569).
- Best Western Pinon Plaza Resort, 2171 US Highway 50 E, +1 775 885-9000 (toll free: +1 877 519-5567, fax: +1 775 888-8003).
- Best Western Trailside Inn, 1300 N Carson Street, +1 775 883-7300 (fax: +1 775 885-7506).
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 4055 N. Carson Street, +1 775 283-4055.
- Motel 6, 2749 S Carson Street, +1 775 885-7710 (fax: +1 775 885-7671).
Get out
Geography
Alaska is one of two U.S. states not bordered by another state, Hawaii being the other. Alaska has more coastline than all the other U.S. states combined. It is the only non-contiguous U.S. state on continental North America; about 500 miles (800 km) of Canadian territory separate Alaska from Washington State. Alaska is thus an exclave of the United States, part of the continental U.S. but is not part of the contiguous U.S. Juneau, Alaska's capital city, though located on the mainland of the North American continent, is inaccessible by land—no roads connect Juneau to the rest of the North American highway system.
The state is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada, to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
Alaska is the largest state in the United States in land area at 570,380 square miles (1.477277×106 km²), more than twice as large as Texas, the next largest state. It is larger than all but 18 sovereig
