McDermitt: US95 at Nevada Border
Tucked along the Oregon–Nevada state line, McDermitt is a place whose character is shaped by the open, sagebrush-covered basin of the Great Basin. US 95 runs through this small, remote settlement and across the boundary, linking northern Nevada with southeastern Oregon. The community lies beside the Quinn River Valley, a broad interior basin whose drainage does not reach the ocean. McDermitt takes its name from Fort McDermitt, a former US Army post established in 1865; its grounds later became part of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation. The reservation is home to the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. Straight roads, ranch land and sparse development convey the practical scale of this high-desert border community.
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Built around the former Fort McDermit, McDermitt grew into a small border community on Nevada’s northern edge, beside Oregon and within the Quinn River Valley. The U.S. Army established the fort in 1865 during conflicts in the Great Basin; it was abandoned in 1889, but its name remains central to the town’s identity. McDermitt is also closely connected with the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, whose reservation extends across the Nevada–Oregon line. The surrounding high desert is broad, sparsely settled country shaped by sagebrush basins and volcanic terrain. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on McDermitt and the Nevada–Oregon borderlands.
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