Moving from Providence to Reno

Providence is at 42 feet and the Sparks warehouse is at 4,437 feet. It is one of the longest routes into Reno that this page covers: the map line between the two is about 2,505 miles, and the road adds about 360 more. Almost all of that road is one highway.

I-84 to the Pennsylvania line, then I-80 for the long run

The printed route leaves Rhode Island on I-84 for about 165 miles, uses 55 miles of US 6 and 35 miles of I-81, and then joins I-80 for 2,538 miles. That is 88 percent of the trip on one interstate. In the New England and Mid-Atlantic stretch the roads are short links between large cities. After that, the route becomes the long, simple run across the middle of the country and into Nevada.

Each state publishes a 511 page, and the NDOT page covers the last stretch.

Six days at 500 miles a day

The wheel time is about 50 h 36 min, which the planning rule rounds to six days. A shipment moving through the Bekins network is not a single truck driving straight through, so the delivery window in your written estimate is the date to plan around. The driving figure just tells you how big the job is.

Winter matters most at both ends of the trip. Providence averages 36.6 inches of snow a year and a January high of 38.3 degrees, and the last miles into Nevada can meet snow too. A summer departure avoids both.

How the move works with O'Brien's

You book with O'Brien's, the Bekins Van Lines agent in Sparks. We coordinate the move from your Rhode Island address through the Bekins network, then handle delivery, unpacking and storage in the Reno area. If your Reno closing is delayed, your goods can wait in our warehouse, and vault storage starts from $40 per month.

The first step is a phone ballpark or the online request. Estimates are itemized and in writing, and long-distance moves are priced by weight.

Providence and Reno compared

The Providence-Warwick metro has about 1.68 million people, a Census median household income of $87,040 and a median home value of $422,500. The Reno metro's median household income is $87,485 and its median home value is $502,300. Median gross rent is $1,307 in Providence and $1,592 in Reno.

Annual precipitation drops from 47.5 inches in Providence to 7.35 inches in Reno, and July highs are 83.6 degrees against 93.9. Coastal humidity is replaced by dry air; give wood furniture some weeks to adjust.

County records show people moving in both directions between the Providence area and Washoe County. For the wider picture, see moving to Reno from Rhode Island.