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Eureka is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Eureka County, Nevada, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Eureka is by far the largest community in Eureka County. Attractions include the Eureka Opera House (built in 1880 and restored in 1993), Raine's Market and Wildlife Museum (built 1887), the Jackson House Hotel (built 1877), and the Eureka Sentinel Museum (housed in the 1879 ''Eureka Sentinel'' Newspaper Building). Eureka is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. ==Geography and climate== Eureka is located at , in the southern part of Eureka County, at 6,481 feet (1,900 m) in the Diamond Mountains, in a draw on the southern end of Diamond Valley, between Antelope and Newark valleys. The population of Eureka CDP (census-designated place) is 610.〔(【引用サイトリンク】2010 Population Finder - NV - Eureka CDP )〕 The total population of Eureka and the surrounding area (census tract 1 — Eureka CCD) is 1,373.〔(【引用サイトリンク】American FactFinder - Eureka CCD, Eureka County, Nevada )〕 The town is located along the Lincoln Highway / U.S. Route 50, nicknamed "The Loneliest Road in America": aptly named, as the nearest towns along the highway are Austin ( west) and Ely ( east). The nearest town is Duckwater, Nevada, south. The climate is typical of the Great Basin: hot and dry in the summer with occasional monsoonal thunderstorms from late July through August; cold and relatively dry in the winter. Snow accumulations vary from 1 to 3 feet in mild winters to in excess of in more severe years; in the winter of 1907–1908, more than 10 feet of snow fell. Temperatures routinely drop to or lower in the winter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eureka, Nevada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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