Golf in Wells

Wells sits at the junction of Interstate 80 and US-93 in Elko County, a small city with a history rooted in the California Trail emigrant era and the subsequent railroad construction period. The city experienced severe earthquake damage in 2008, though rebuilding has continued. At roughly 5,600 feet on the Humboldt River plain, Wells occupies a spare, honest Great Basin landscape where the mountain ranges on both horizons are a constant presence. Chimney Rock Municipal Golf Course at par 35 provides nine holes named for a local geological landmark, serving a community of roughly 1,200 with the kind of modest, well-maintained facility appropriate to a small Nevada highway junction city.