Carson Ranger District Office

The Carson Ranger District Office is the administrative center of the Carson Ranger District of the Forest Service, which lies along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The district straddles the Nevada and California border, with a land base of about 368,600 square miles. It stretches roughly 15 miles wide and 100 miles long, running from the Dog Valley area northwest of Reno, Nevada, south along the Carson Range, between Lake Tahoe and Carson City, and on to Alpine County in California, ending just north of the Sonora Pass and Highway 108 area. The office sits about 0.8 miles from Carson City, Nevada. The district office is not a place you reserve a spot at. It is a service center, and the district's phone number is 775-882-2766. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby Carson City weather station show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 81°F, while July averages about 90°F. Several trails and climbing areas lie close by. The C Hill Foothill Trail is about 0.2 miles away and the C Mountain Foothill Trail about 0.3 miles. The Carson City Area climbing area is about 1.7 miles off, and Washoe Lake State Park Campground is about 5.8 miles away.