Area 51(ish) Adventure
Expiration: 365 days after purchase
Explore Nevada’s extraterrestrial attractions and earn points toward UFOs (Uncommon Free Objects) along the way. Your Area 51(ish) Adventure will be instantly delivered via text and email with no apps to download. To earn your check-in points when visiting a destination, simply open your Area 51(ish) Adventure, scroll to the place you're at, and click on it to bring up the "Check In" button. Once you officially check in, you'll get the points for that location! When prompted, you will need to allow the Area 51(ish) Adventure to use your location so check-ins can be enabled.
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Opened in spring 2025, Outpost 51 Alien Museum is southern Nevada’s preeminent institute on all things alien. This Boulder City museum is packed with exhibits detailing UFOs, government experiments, and extraterrestrial encounters, making it the best spot in southern Nevada for an out-of-this-world experience. The truth is out there!
With a blazing green and pink paint job (complete with an enthusiastic alien motif) the exterior of Area 51 Alien Center in Amargosa Valley is enough to beckon most drivers off the highway. Then there’s the gas station and travel center, brimming with just about anything alien-themed you can imagine.
Listen, there are ways to get semi-close to the base—we all remember a certain social-media campaign in 2019, right?—but our advice is to stick to the highway. And it turns out that at 22.45 miles away, this the closest the highway gets to Area 51. Mildly interesting? Perhaps. But you were probably ready for a stretch break anyway!
No trip along the Extraterrestrial Highway is complete without a photo of this iconic roadside sign. There are three in total, so be sure to catch 'em all!
No trip along the Extraterrestrial Highway is complete without a photo of this iconic roadside sign. There are three in total, so be sure to catch 'em all!
This roadside gift shop, café, and motel gives a cheeky nod to Nevada’s reputation as a hotbed of extraterrestrial activity. While there, peruse photo albums of alleged, first-person UFO accounts, try a Saucer Burger, and pick up souvenirs that would be hard to find anywhere else. But the biggest perk is your room's VHS player and the on-site video cassette library.
No trip along the Extraterrestrial Highway is complete without a photo of this iconic roadside sign. There are three in total, so be sure to catch 'em all!
Gleaming in the desert sun like an actual spaceship itself, the Alien Research Center is a silver Quonset hut with a giant two-story silver alien ushering you in the door. Beam yourself inside for the latest alien apparel, hats, mugs, magnets, and so much more.
Despite its name, alien jerky is made right here on planet Earth, and some of the very best can be found at E.T. Fresh Jerky. Restock those road trip snacks, freshen up at the “cleanest restrooms in Area 51,” and snap a selfie with the cowboy alien murals out front for a pit stop you’ll never forget.
Hoping to have an extraterrestrial encounter of your own? This legendary Black Mailbox just might just be your chance. UFO hunters and the alien obsessed have been meeting at this storied Nevada landmark for decades, trying their luck at eyeing mysterious aircraft and leaving messages to other road trippers. Don't see a mailbox on your trip? Sadly, fame has a cost, and the Black Mailbox is a frequent target for vandalism. But Good Samaritans are known to replace it when they can, so check back again in the future.