This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Nevada. There are at least 47 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, with possibly many more. The largest concentration is in the Carson City/Reno region.
Monogram Town Description Location A Austin A Beatty Angel's Ladies brothel B Unertain Henderson Burkholder Middle School B↓Q Henderson Basic High School, Quinton Robbinson BM Battle Mountain B Beatty B (uncertain existence) Blue Diamond (uncertain location) B (Planning) Bonnie Clare BC Boulder City C Carlin C Carson City D Reno Damonte Ranch High School D Dayton D Minden Douglas High School E Las Vegas Eldorado High School E Elko E Eureka F Fallon F Fernley FV Fernley Fernley High School G Gabbs G Reno Galena High School G Goldfield G (uncertain existence) Goodsprings (uncertain location) H Hawthorne H Hazen IS Indian Springs L Panaca Lincoln County High School L Lovelock L Lund M Overton Moapa Valley High School M Mountain City N Reno University of Nevada N (uncertain existence) Las Vegas Nellis AFB (uncertain location) NV Reno North Valleys High School O Owyhee P Alamo Pahranagat Valley High School P (uncertain existence) Pahrump (uncertain location) R Reno Reno High School R Sparks Reed High School SAR Fallon Search and Rescue (Fallon NAS) S (uncertain existence) Searchlight (uncertain location) SV Wellington Smith Valley High School S Sparks S Carson City Stewart Indian School (closed) SC Spring Creek Spring Creek High School T Tonopah TONOPAH MINING PARK Tonopah V Mesquite Virgin Valley High School V Virginia City W Wadsworth (uncertain location) W Wells WP Ely White Pine County W Winnemucca Y Yerington
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External links
Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers Nevada's Hillside Letters, a Google map showing most hillside letters in Nevada