About the Center

The Center's Grand Opening is scheduled for June 2, 2012. Please call (775) 738-1849 for more information.

The California Trail Interpretive Center, operated by the BLM, is located eight miles west of Elko at Hunter Exit 292. Currently a meeting room is available and tours of the Trail Center are available to school groups and other organizations on a prearranged basis. Contact Park Ranger Gary Koy at 775-934-2467 or e-mail gkoy@blm.gov to register for classes or add your name to the mailing list.

*New* Internship Opportunity

For information on class field trips, click here.

Trail Center Upcoming Events 

 

Event	Date	Time
Willow/Basket weaving	Feb. 11, 2012	2-6 p.m.
Drumming, singing and hand games	March 17, 2012	TBD
9th Annual California Trail Days	June 2-3, 2012
California Trail Center Grand Opening (year-round)	June 2, 2012

For more information on these or other Trail Center activities, please call (775) 738-1849.

News Releases

• Shoshone Willow Weaving at California Trail Center (2-3-12)
• Shoshone Storytelling at California Trail Center (1-17-12)
• California Trail Center Weekend Openings (11-30-11)
• Westering Home - Everyday Adventures in the American West (10-26-11)
• Trail Center Season Ends (9-6-11)
• Life in the Sage (9-1-11)
• Trail Center presents 'End of the Trail' (8-24-11)
• Gun Up and Tune Up at the California Trail Center (8-15-11)
• Packing for a Long Westward Trip (8-8-2011)
• 19th Century Pioneer Dance at Trail Center (7-21-2011)
• Annual California Trail Days Event (5-13-2011)
• California Trail Center hosts free cultural presentations in April (3-31-2011)