Nevada: 16 state parks, 6 recreation areas and 5 historic sites

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Parks & natural areas 22

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…
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…
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…
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…

Historic sites & museums 5

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…
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…
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic ParkSix beehive-shaped charcoal ovens built in the Egan Range to process silver ore from 1876 to 1879, later…

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