How to get to the Free Water Canyon Yurt in Winnemucca

Kristin Hugo
4 min readDec 12, 2021

If you are driving on the 80 Highway between November and May, you can stay in a yurt in Winnemucca, Nevada for free.

TLDR: Location: 40°54'31.2"N 117°37'55.0"W

Start with this:

  1. Consider the date you are going.
    The yurt is only up…

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Kristin Hugo

Science journalist based in the SF Bay Area. Loves adventure, the outdoors, bones, and animals. @KristinHugo on Twitter, @RollBones on TikTok.