List of Nevada state parks

Template:Clear left 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).<ref name=about /><ref name=contact />

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Nevada state parks and state recreation areas

Park name	Image	County	Area<ref name=statelands />		Elevation		Estab- lished<ref name="Respective" />	Remarks<ref name="Respective" />
			acres	ha	ft	m
Beaver Dam State Park		Lincoln	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1935	Preserves a section of Beaver Dam Wash in eastern Nevada's most remote state park.
Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park	File:Berlin-Icthyosaur St. Park.jpg	Nye	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1957	Preserves in situ ichthyosaur fossils and the ghost town of Berlin.
Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area		Clark	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1996	Overlooks the Colorado River within the town limits of Laughlin.
Cathedral Gorge State Park	File:Eroded columns in Cathedral Gorge State Park (3193580920).jpg	Lincoln	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1935	Showcases a gorge with soft bentonite walls eroded into dramatic spires.
Cave Lake State Park	File:Cavelakeoverlook.JPG	White Pine	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1973	Features a Template:Convert reservoir in the northern Schell Creek Range.
Dayton State Park		Lyon	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	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	File:Echocyn.jpg	Lincoln	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1970	Adjoins a Template:Convert reservoir.
Ice Age Fossils State Park		Clark	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	2017	Offers trails to fossil beds and archaeological sites. Opened January 2024.
Kershaw–Ryan State Park	File:2015-01-15 15 21 40 Sign at the main entrance to Kershaw Ryan State Park, Nevada.JPG	Lincoln	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1935	Features a verdant canyon first homesteaded in 1873.
Lahontan State Recreation Area	File:Lahontan.jpg	Churchill, Lyon	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1971	Surrounds Lake Lahontan, a Template:Convert reservoir on the Carson River.
Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park	File:Marlette Lake dhReno.jpg	Carson City, Washoe County	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1963	Comprises six units on the northeastern shore of Lake Tahoe and its backcountry.
Rye Patch State Recreation Area	File:Rye-Patch-Reservoir-Nevada-NASA-ISS014-E-17916.JPG	Pershing	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1971	Adjoins the Template:Convert Rye Patch Reservoir on the Humboldt River.
South Fork State Recreation Area	File:SoForkReservoirNV.jpg	Elko	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1983	Surrounds the Template:Convert South Fork Reservoir on the South Fork Humboldt River.
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park	File:Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.jpg	Clark	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1974	Preserves the historic Sandstone Ranch established in 1876.
Spring Valley State Park	File:2015-01-15 13 08 41 View east across Eagle Valley Reservoir in Spring Valley State Park, Nevada.JPG	Lincoln	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1969	Adjoins the Template:Convert Eagle Valley Reservoir.
Valley of Fire State Park	File:Valley of Fire Nevada10.jpg	Clark	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1934	Showcases red sandstone formations in Nevada's oldest and largest state park.
Van Sickle Bi-State Park	File:Van Sickle Bi-State Park.jpg	Douglas	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	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	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	2018	Includes five historic ranch units along a thirty-mile stretch of the East Walker River.
Washoe Lake State Park	File:Washoe Lake State Park (2101158767).jpg	Washoe	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1977	Provides recreation opportunities on Washoe Lake, between Carson City and Reno.
Wild Horse State Recreation Area	File:North Wildhorse Recreation Area on Elko District (7692152228).jpg	Elko	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1979	Provides water recreation on the northeast shore of Template:Convert Wild Horse Reservoir on the Owyhee River.

Nevada state historic parks and sites

Park name	Image	County	Area<ref name=statelands />		Elevation		Estab- lished<ref name="Respective" />	Remarks<ref name="Respective" />
			acres	ha	ft	m
Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic Site	File:Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic Site.jpg	Lincoln	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	2005	Preserves a rural schoolhouse used from 1922 to 1967.
Fort Churchill State Historic Park	File:Fort Churchill, Nevada Ruins 1.JPG	Lyon	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	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	File:Mormon Station in 1958.tif	Douglas	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	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	File:Old Mormon Fort (8227858878).jpg	Clark	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	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	File:Ward Charcoal Ovens Nevada USA.jpg	White Pine	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1994	Preserves six Template:Convert charcoal ovens used from 1876–1879 to produce fuel for smelting silver ore.

Former Nevada state parks

• Floyd Lamb State Park was renamed Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs on July 2, 2007, when ownership was transferred to the City of Las Vegas.
• Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park was operated by Nevada State Parks until June 30, 2011, when ownership was transferred to Douglas County.
• The former Walker Lake State Park became Walker Lake State Recreation Area then ceased to be maintained by the Nevada Division of State Parks.<ref name=magazine />

See also

• List of national parks of the United States

External links

• Nevada State Parks Department of Conservation and Natural Resources