Open house, dedication dates announced for Elko Nevada Temple

ELKO, Nev. (KUTV) — Dates for a public open house and dedication have been announced for the Elko Nevada Temple by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Church officials said in a news release Tuesday that the public will be invited to tour the temple beginning on Saturday, August 30 and run for two weeks until Saturday, September 13.

Tours will be available every day of the week but Sundays.

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Officials said the temple will be dedicated on Sunday, October 12 by Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. They said it will be broadcast for ward buildings within the temple district.

The Elko Temple was first announced by President Russell M. Nelson at the April 2021 general conference.

“We are thankful for the blessing of a temple in Elko, and for the many faithful souls, past and present, who for many years have traveled great distances to other temples to receive sacred ordinances,” said Elder Paul Pieper of the Quorum of the Seventy in the dedicatory prayer at the groundbreaking in May 2022.

Officials previously announced the single-story structure would be around 10,000 square feet, making it among the smallest temples in the Church.

When it was first announced, the Elko Nevada Temple was the third temple announced for the Silver State. Just 18 months later, Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a fourth temple in Nevada - the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple. It would be the second temple in the Las Vagas area.

For years, church members in Elko had to drive 300 miles west to attend the temple in Reno, or 230 miles to the east to attend the Salt Lake Temple. The Deseret Peak Utah Temple in Tooele County was closer, but only by 15 miles.

The Elko Nevada Temple is about 6 miles closer than the Deseret Peak Utah Temple for church members in Wendover, Utah.

According to a release issued by the Church Tuesday, More than 180,000 church members live in Nevada.

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