Steeped in history and western lore, Fernley is a great place to live, work, and play. Fernley offers an attractive friendly, small-town lifestyle with many new housing developments, new markets, numerous churches and civic groups and limitless outdoor adventures such as fishing, hunting, boating, camping, mountain biking, off-roading, rock climbing and golfing, to name a few. Located just 13 minutes from the new Tesla site and 30 minutes from the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area several Fortune 500 companies have discovered Fernley's affordable industrial parks, large land parcels with access to transportation systems serving the major West Coast markets. Fernley is an easy 30 minute drive to the historic Fort Churchill, the Buckland Station (currently being restored), and a Pony Express station. Fernley is just an hour's drive to historic Native American Petroglyphs (east of Fallon) and Virginia City (to the southwest). Historic ghost towns and mine sites are all within a day’s drive of Fernley. Fernley is close to outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing, including Lake Tahoe, Lahontan Reservoir, Pyramid Lake, and Walker Lake. The Fernley Wildlife Management area joins Fernley on the east with the Truckee River canal on the west. Fernley has ten community parks that include tennis courts, basketball courts, a skate park, lighted baseball and softball fields, and rodeo grounds. Off-road adventures include a professional ATV racetrack, the Fernley Raceway, and a paint ball gaming facility. The 18-hole Desert Lakes Golf Course provides recreational opportunities and full services in the clubhouse. As of 2022, our population is approximately 23,601