2027's Trail Days dates are June 5th & 6th! Save the date!
Trail Days 2026
For 2026, The California Trail Center's annual Trail Days was the official Freedom 250 event for the state of Nevada, celebrating the 250th birthday of the USA!
This is a FREE* event. The only thing you need your wallet for is food and drinks.
* You are not required to donate to attend but we are largely funded by donations and appreciate any financial support.
- Food and drinks! – Choose from an Authentic Shoshone Taco stand or hamburger/hot dog stand manned by the local VFW.
- Live Music – Outdoor stage with live music all weekend (bands include: Mountain Country w/Jim Fish, January Baker, Southwind, Jeremiah Johnson).
- Basque and Native Dance presentations
- Pioneer Camp – Interact with a whole slew of pioneers, mountain men, and merchants on the long trail to California. Learn how to craft a wooden barrel from our Coopers or enlist and march with the Mormon Battalion.
- Gold Panning – Find your own “gold” the way the 49ers did.
- Shoshone Village – Help build a Wickiup (native shelter built from trees and sagebrush), learn about basket weaving, native cooking, natural medicines, and more.
- Archery & Axe Throwing – Practice your hunting skills at our projectiles range. Contests for both each day.
- Drama! – Watch a live gunfight skit performed by Ghost Light Productions.
- Contests and prizes – Watermelon eating, sack races, hoop & stick, pie squares, archery, axe throwing.
- Games and crafts
- Wagon Rides
- Presentations – Talks on everything from wagons to prospectors to Little House on the Prairie.
- Crosscut saw demonstration with the USFS.
- Freedom and Liberty (BLM's Horse and Mule team) will be joining us.
- And more!
Trail Days 2025
