Von Schmidt Monument Historic Park

Quiet little spot

This is a little spot to get a bit of history about the controversial establishing of the Nevada- California Border Line, enjoy the view, have a picnic on the table under a big old pine tree. Deer ma...

Tiny Park for a Picnic Lunch

This tiny park with its one picnic table is a nice spot along the Dog Valley road for a picnic lunch under the pine trees. Read NVJoe's review below that gives an excellent detailed history of the mo...

Surprize, a small park!

I was out pursuing my hobby of geocaching. I spotted this one picnic table park. Very interesting history revealed here. There was a lot of controversy over the border between California and Nevada...

Very Educational

Very unassuming and easy to miss, but worth stopping to read the markers. We were in Reno for a week, and made the drive up to Verdi and Dog Valley nearly every day - we loved it. We drove by the mo...

1872 California-Nevada State Boundary Marker

Each year, millions of motorists on Interstate 80 cross the California-Nevada state line as they speed between Reno and Truckee. We slowed down, exited at Verdi, and used our dashboard GPS to find the...