N - Reno Nevada - Letters on Hills on Waymarking.com

I couldn't tell if there was a way to to get to this letter, but it is mentions in several interesting articles.

The article at (visit link) tells us:

"In the same year Redlands built its R, University of Nevada students joined in with a geometrically perfect block N, 180 feet high, on Mt. Peavine overlooking the Truckee Meadows and Reno. "It isn't right," the student yearbook observed, "that Nevada spirit should show itself less plainly than California to the west or Utah to the east." As with the others, the project was a collective effort. Classes were canceled, a bucket brigade carried water and cement up the sagebrush-covered slope, and a women's auxiliary provided the picnic that always seemed to follow. "

The article at (visit link) tells us:
"University of Nevada students constructed a 150-foot high and 140-foot wide block “N” on April 13, 1913 composed of rocks covered with whitewash and located near the base of Peavine Peak overlooking the Truckee Meadows. The block “N” covers 13,000 square feet. Graham noted in her story that it was the largest hillside letter in the country until 1925."

Letter/Word on Hill: N Trail to Letter: yes Parking or nearest viewing point: N 39° 33.240 W 119° 49.790

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