Sun Valley, Nevada

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Reno. It lies just southwest of Sun Valley and has a population of 180,480 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Sparks. It lies just southeast of Sun Valley and has a population of 66,346 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Loyalton (CA)	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	777	9.86% decrease
	Portola (CA)	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	2,069	7.09% decrease
	South Lake Tahoe (CA)	S	46 mi [74 km]	23,333	1.17% decrease
	Truckee (CA)	SW	27 mi [43.45 km]	---
	Carson City	S	29 mi [46.67 km]	54,867	4.59% increase
	Fernley	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	---

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Chilcoot-Vinton (CA)	NW	23 mi [37.01 km]
	Border Town	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Cold Springs	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Lemmon Valley-Golden Valley	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]
	New Washoe City	S	20 mi [32.19 km]
	Spanish Springs	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Steamboat	S	15 mi [24.14 km]
	Sundown Town	S	18 mi [28.97 km]
	Verdi-Mogul	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Verdi	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Virginia City Highlands	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]
	Virginia City	S	20 mi [32.19 km]
	Vista	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Washoe City	S	19 mi [30.58 km]
	Washoe	S	19 mi [30.58 km]

Washoe County

Sun Valley is located in Washoe County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washoe: Carson City, Churchill, Humboldt, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Lassen (CA), Modoc (CA), Nevada (CA), Placer (CA), Sierra (CA), Harney (OR) and Lake (OR). Although it doesn't share a border with Washoe, Plumas (CA) it is close to Sun Valley.

Below are counties that are near Sun Valley (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Sun Valley:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Sun Valley
	Lassen County (CA)	NW	Hallelujah Junction (CA)	18 miles [28 km]
	Nevada County (CA)	SW	Mystic (CA)	17 miles [27 km]
	Placer County (CA)	SW	Brockway Vista (CA)	27 miles [43 km]
	Plumas County (CA)	NW	Chilcoot-Vinton (CA)	23 miles [37 km]
	Sierra County (CA)	NW	Peavine (CA)	13 miles [20 km]
	Carson City	S	Lakeview	26 miles [41 km]
	Churchill County	E	Hazen	38 miles [61 km]
	Douglas County	S	Spooner Junction	34 miles [54 km]
	Lyon County	SE	Carson Rapids City	23 miles [37 km]
	Storey County	SE	Lockwood	9 miles [14 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Nevada<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Sun Valley. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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