| Denio, Nevada | |
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| — Unincorporated community — | |
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Denio, Nevada
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| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada and Oregon |
| County | Humboldt and Harney |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
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| GNIS feature ID | 1164311 |
Denio, Nevada is an unincorporated community that lies on the Nevada-Oregon state line in Humboldt County, Nevada and Harney County, Oregon, in the United States. The community is also known as Denio, Oregon. There was formerly a Denio, Oregon post office north of the state line.[1] Most of the town lies south of the state line in Nevada. The southern part of the community includes a post office with ZIP code 89404, a community center, a library, and the Diamond Inn Bar, the center of the town's social life.[2] The only services available in Denio are a few groceries available for sale at the bar.
Denio Junction is about two miles (3 km) south of Denio, at the T-shaped junction of State Route 140 and State Route 292. Denio Junction's motel provides gasoline, food, groceries, and lodging.
Air transportation is available at the Denio Junction Airport. This is a two-runway graded airstrip. There is no scheduled air or ground transportation serving to this field, which is a short walk from any part of Denio Junction.
Recreational activities available in the Denio area include fishing, opal mining, rockhounding, hunting, and visiting the hot springs.[2]
Humboldt County School District operates the Denio School, a kindergarten-eighth grade (K-8) school, on the Nevada side of the state line.
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