The Public Reading Facility is located at 2621 Losee Road, Building B-3, North Las Vegas, Nevada. The Nevada Test Site is located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Each tour usually covers about 250 miles. Tour participants should bring their own food and drinks, but no alcoholic beverages. There are no lunch stops.
Casual clothing is recommended, and sturdy shoes are required for the rugged terrain.
No shorts or sandals are permitted. Visitors to the Test Site must be at least 14 years old. Pregnant women are discouraged from participating in Test Site tours because of the long bus ride and uneven terrain. Points of Interest Mercury is the main base camp for the Test Site and the second largest community in Nye County. Thirteen subsequent atmospheric nuclear tests were conducted at the site between 1951 and 1962.