27 state parks, historic sites and recreation areas in Nevada
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- Beaver Dam State ParkA remote canyon park of streams and waterfalls under pinyon, juniper and ponderosa, with volcanic and…
- Berlin Ichthyosaur State ParkAn 1890s mining town held in arrested decay, alongside the largest known concentration of Ichthyosaur fossils…
- Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation AreaTwo miles of sandy Colorado River shoreline at Nevada's southern tip, kept clear and cool year round by water…
- Cathedral Gorge State ParkErosion has carved cave-like hollows and slender spires into soft bentonite clay along a narrow southeastern…
- Cave Lake State ParkA 32-acre reservoir stocked with rainbow trout and holding German browns, set high in eastern Nevada and busy…
- Cave Rock State ParkA double boat ramp and trailer parking on Lake Tahoe's southeastern shore, with a small beach at the south…
- Dayton State ParkThe stone walls of the 1861 Rock Point Mill still stand among cottonwood and willow on the Carson River, one…
- Echo Canyon State ParkA 65-acre reservoir in eastern Nevada holding rainbow trout, largemouth bass and crappie, ringed by canyons…
- Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic SiteA one-room schoolhouse that taught grades one through eight from 1922 to 1967, still furnished with many of…
- Fort Churchill State Historic Park & Buckland StationThe ruins of an 1860 army post that guarded emigrants, the Pony Express and the telegraph line, preserved in…
- Ice Age Fossils State Park315 acres of the upper Las Vegas Wash, where Pleistocene sediments hold fossils of Columbian mammoths…
- Kershaw-Ryan State ParkA green canyon oasis between walls up to 700 feet high, where natural springs feed wild grapevines, white…
- Lahontan State Recreation AreaSixty-nine miles of shoreline on an irrigation reservoir named for the ancient lake that once filled this…
- Mormon Station State Historic ParkNevada's first permanent non-native settlement, founded in 1851 as a trading post on the California Trail's…
- Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic ParkThe adobe remains of a 22,000-square-foot outpost built by Mormon missionaries in 1855 beside the only…
- Rye Patch State Recreation AreaA 22-mile reservoir with 72 miles of shoreline, holding white bass, catfish, black bass and walleye, and open…
- Sand Harbor State ParkGently shelving beaches, clear water and rounded rock formations on Lake Tahoe's eastern shore, with two boat…
- South Fork State Recreation AreaMeadows and rolling hills below the Ruby Mountains, around a reservoir that holds catfish, bass and trophy…
- Spooner Lake State ParkMore than 12,000 acres of forested backcountry above Lake Tahoe, with an aspen-ringed lake and 50 miles of…
- Spring Mountain Ranch State ParkA working ranch turned desert retreat next to Red Rock Canyon, whose owners included Vera Krupp and Howard…
- Spring Valley State ParkPale volcanic tuff in grey, pink and white rises above the 59-acre Eagle Valley Reservoir, stocked with…
- Valley of Fire State ParkForty thousand acres of bright red Aztec sandstone rising out of grey and tan limestone, holding petrified…
- Van Sickle Bi-State ParkA trailhead within walking distance of the Stateline casinos that climbs quickly into quiet forest, past rock…
- Walker River State Recreation AreaMore than 12,000 acres and nearly 30 miles of the East Walker River, donated to the state after a century…
- Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic ParkSix beehive-shaped charcoal ovens built in the Egan Range to process silver ore from 1876 to 1879, later…
- Washoe Lake State ParkA valley lake between Reno and Carson City with views to the Sierra Nevada, Carson and Virginia ranges, and…
- Wild Horse State Recreation AreaA remote northeastern Nevada reservoir holding rainbow and German brown trout, smallmouth bass, yellow perch…
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