The Middle of No Where ~ Rachel NV

Rachel Nevada - UFO Capital of the World

population 50 or so; elevation 4970'

Rachel is Nevada's youngest community. It was founded in 1978.

It is the ONLY community on Highway 375.

Although there used to be some mining in the area,

the land around Rachel is better suited to farming and ranching.

An underground aquifer provides irrigation for alfalfa fields.

In 1996 the state of Nevada renamed the 98 mile highway 375

the Extraterrestrial Highway because of some publicized UFO sightings

and unconfirmed activity from Nellis Air Force Range.

UFO enthusiasts came flocking to the area.

The only gathering place in town capitalized on the influx of

tourists, renaming the cafe Little A"LE" Inn.

It has quite an offering of UFO related merchandise for sale.

It also has decent food for reasonable prices.

The inn part of the Little A''Le"Inn are mobile homes

from the 1970s. The 3 bedroom homes have been

divided into a larger 'suite' with bedroom and kitchen & living room.

A smaller bedroom is a single bed which shares a bathroom with the

the other queen bed room. The room was clean as was the bedding.

The TV did not work; no reception in the valley. Surprisingly, we

were able to get WiFi in our room. We were expecting to have to 

take the laptops to the cafe. It did have a refrigerator and microwave.

About 2010/2011 another group found the ET Highway

worthy of a visit...geocachers. Clay and Gus created a power 

cache trail along the highway, placing 750 geocaches along the

side of the highway. 

Earlier this fall Clay and Gus sponsored a geocaching

 event using Rachel as the destination, bringing even 

more treasure hunters to the area. 

Other geocache enthusiasts have capitalized on the power

cache trail by adding geoart caches just off the highway

in the desert. This is a seven mile trail intended to be

hiked, not driven. 

Someone has also placed caches in the shape of a spaceship,

also meant to be hiked. 

(Those yellow smiley faces are some of the 550 we found

along the ET Highway over 2 1/2 days.)

If you are desirous of an adventure in Rachel NV, remember,

it does NOT have a gas station, or a post office, or TV. 

It does have camping spots, but no power for a big motorhome.

It does have a cafe with good, hot coffee in the morning and refreshing

cold beverages in the evening. The food is down-home cooking. 

The folks are friendly...just happy to have somebody, 

anybody stop by.