The bizarre pillars of rock are one reason to venture into the northeast Nevada wilderness area. Other draws: pristine air quality, birding and outdoor recreation. JARBIDGE, Nev. — To find Jarbidge — a town so isolated the federal government rates its air quality as some of the country's purest — my husband, Michael, and I spent hours covering 50 miles of a rock and dirt road, twisting and turning alongside rivers and through mountain passes. Of course, the drive would have been shorter if we hadn't stopped so often to take photographs.