Sightseeing
Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Under $25A former mining area in Tonopah, Nevada, now run as a museum and historic site by a nonprofit foundation.
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The Clown Motel
Sleep in a clown-themed room, browse thousands of clown figures in the lobby and walk to the old cemetery.
521 N Main St · Tonopah, NV
About The Clown Motel
The Clown Motel is a 31-room roadside motel in Tonopah that opened in 1985 and has been called America's scariest motel. Its clown museum holds more than 6,500 clowns, according to the motel, and every room has clown art on the walls. Several rooms carry horror film themes, including the IT Room, the Exorcist Room and the Halloween Room. The historic Tonopah Cemetery sits right next door, where the owner built a gazebo for guests.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to The Clown Motel, ordered by straight-line distance.
0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
- Museums
Central Nevada Museum
No admission feeSmall local history museum in Tonopah covering mining, ranching, frontier life, and Western Shoshone heritage in Nye and Esmeralda counties.
1.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
- Sightseeing
Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park
Check pricesA well-preserved 1876 Italianate courthouse in the ghost town of Belmont, central Nevada.
41 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
- Sports & Outdoors
Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park
Under $25A Nevada state park preserving a mining ghost town from the 1890s and a major concentration of ancient marine reptile fossils.
59 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
