Middlegate, Nevada

Middlegate is an unincorporated hamlet along "The Loneliest Road In America," U.S. Route 50, in Churchill County, Nevada, United States.

[1] The community consists of a commercial rest stop with food, fuel and lodging accommodations, and some ranches and other private properties in the nearby area.

Stephen King stayed at the Middlegate Station motel for seven days and wrote a portion of Desperation.

[2] Middlegate Station was the location for Black Road, Gregory Hutton's award-winning 2002 short film starring William Nilon.

A former portion of the Lincoln Highway intersects with Gabbs Valley Road at Middlegate Station.

the 2nd shoe tree after the original was vandalized
New Shoe Tree
Churchill County map