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List of Nevada state parks

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Map of Nevada state parks (blue), state recreation areas (green), and state historic sites (red).

This list of Nevada state parks comprises protected areas managed by the U.S. state of Nevada, which include state parks, state historic sites, and state recreation areas. The system is managed by the Nevada Division of State Parks within the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Division of State Parks was created by an act of the Nevada Legislature in 1963. The system manages 23 state park units, some of which have multiple units. The Division is headquartered in Carson City and has two management regions statewide: the Northern Region (Fallon Office) and the Southern Region (Las Vegas Office).[1][2]

Nevada state parks and state recreation areas

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Park name Image County Area[3] Elevation Estab-
lished[4] 		Remarks[4]
acres ha ft m
Beaver Dam State Park Lincoln 2,182 883 5,395 1,644 1935 Preserves a section of Beaver Dam Wash in eastern Nevada's most remote state park.
Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park Nye 1,116 452 6,975 2,126 1957 Preserves in situ ichthyosaur fossils and the ghost town of Berlin.
Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area Clark 2,093 847 500 150 1996 Overlooks the Colorado River within the town limits of Laughlin.
Cathedral Gorge State Park Lincoln 1,756 711 4,819 1,469 1935 Showcases a gorge with soft bentonite walls eroded into dramatic spires.
Cave Lake State Park White Pine 4,063 1,644 7,198 2,194 1973 Features a 32-acre (13 ha) reservoir in the northern Schell Creek Range.
Dayton State Park Lyon 152 62 4,360 1,330 1977 Features a stretch of the Carson River and the site of an 1861 mill built to process silver ore from the Comstock Lode.
Echo Canyon State Park Lincoln 1,055 427 5,348 1,630 1970 Adjoins a 65-acre (26 ha) reservoir.
Ice Age Fossils State Park Clark 323 131 2,340 710 2017 Offers trails to fossil beds and archaeological sites. Opened January 2024.
Kershaw–Ryan State Park Lincoln 1,696 686 4,805 1,465 1935 Features a verdant canyon first homesteaded in 1873.
Lahontan State Recreation Area Churchill,
Lyon		 28,889 11,691 4,258 1,298 1971 Surrounds Lake Lahontan, a 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) reservoir on the Carson River.
Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park Carson City, Washoe County 14,301 5,787 7,880 2,400 1963 Comprises six units on the northeastern shore of Lake Tahoe and its backcountry.
Rye Patch State Recreation Area Pershing 2,424 981 4,137 1,261 1971 Adjoins the 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) Rye Patch Reservoir on the Humboldt River.
South Fork State Recreation Area Elko 3,903 1,579 5,226 1,593 1983 Surrounds the 1,650-acre (670 ha) South Fork Reservoir on the South Fork Humboldt River.
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Clark 539 218 3,727 1,136 1974 Preserves the historic Sandstone Ranch established in 1876.
Spring Valley State Park Lincoln 916 371 5,869 1,789 1969 Adjoins the 65-acre (26 ha) Eagle Valley Reservoir.
Valley of Fire State Park Clark 45,938 18,590 2,464 751 1934 Showcases red sandstone formations in Nevada's oldest and largest state park.
Van Sickle Bi-State Park Douglas 558 226 6,283 1,915 2011 Managed in conjunction with the California Tahoe Conservancy; 575 acres lie within Nevada while 150 are within El Dorado County, California.
Walker River State Recreation Area Lyon 12,312 4,982 4,580 1,400 2018 Includes five historic ranch units along a thirty-mile stretch of the East Walker River.
Washoe Lake State Park Washoe 3,772 1,526 5,033 1,534 1977 Provides recreation opportunities on Washoe Lake, between Carson City and Reno.
Wild Horse State Recreation Area Elko 120 49 6,250 1,900 1979 Provides water recreation on the northeast shore of 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) Wild Horse Reservoir on the Owyhee River.

Nevada state historic parks and sites

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Park name Image County Area[3] Elevation Estab-
lished[4] 		Remarks[4]
acres ha ft m
Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic Site Lincoln 1.8 0.73 3,402 1,037 2005 Preserves a rural schoolhouse used from 1922 to 1967.
Fort Churchill State Historic Park Lyon 5,170 2,090 4,255 1,297 1957 Encompasses the ruins of a U.S. Army fort staffed 1860–1869, plus a waystation on the Pony Express and Central Overland Routes, and a corridor along the Carson River connecting to Lahontan State Recreation Area.
Mormon Station State Historic Park Douglas 3.6 1.5 4,783 1,458 1955 Interprets Nevada's first permanent nonnative settlement, established in 1851 on the California Trail by Mormon pioneers.
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park Clark 3.16 1.28 1,923 586 1991 Interprets a partially reconstructed fort built by Mormon missionaries in 1855, the first nonnative structure in what would become Las Vegas.
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park White Pine 861 348 7,054 2,150 1994 Preserves six 30-foot-high (9.1 m) charcoal ovens used from 1876–1879 to produce fuel for smelting silver ore.

Former Nevada state parks

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Nevada State Parks". Nevada State Parks. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Contact". Nevada State Parks. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Inventory of State Lands". Nevada Division of State Lands. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Dates and information from respective state parks' webpages.
  5. ^ Johnson, Charlie (September–October 2011). "Parks and Recreation". Nevada Magazine. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
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