Nevada State Route 447 Nevada State Route 447 State Route 447 (SR 447) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Nevada. The highway is almost entirely within Washoe County but does for a brief time enter Pershing County, Nevada. The highway connects the town of Gerlach to the remainder of the state via Wadsworth. Though passing through extremely remote and desolate areas of Nevada, the highway has recently gained fame as the primary route to access the Black Rock Desert, the site of the annual Burning Man festival. The state maintained portion ends at Gerlach; however the highway continues as Washoe County
The Burning Man (The Twilight Zone) The Burning Man (The Twilight Zone) "The Burning Man" is the second segment of the eighth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series "The Twilight Zone". It is based on Ray Bradbury's short story "The Burning Man", first published in his collection "Long After Midnight" (1976). On a hot summer day, a woman and her nephew are driving along a dusty, country road. The story takes place in Kansas in 1936 based on the tag on the car. They soon come upon an old man in raggedy clothes who hails them to stop. They pick him up