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  2. Lahontan State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Location: Lyon and Churchill counties, Nevada, United States: Nearest city: Fallon, Nevada: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 28,892.3 acres (11,692.3 ha) [2]: Elevation: 4,157 ft (1,267 m) [1]: Established: 1971: Administered by: Nevada Division of State Parks: Visitors: 58,838 vehicles (in 2017) [3]: Designation: Nevada state park: Website: Official website: Lahontan State Recreation Area is a public ...

  3. List of Nevada Wildlife Management Areas - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Wildlife Management Areas in Nevada. The Nevada Department of Wildlife either owns or leases about 150,000 acres (230 sq mi) as WMAs. The conservation goal is the protection of wetlands and waterfowl , including the use of WMAs for recreational hunting .

  4. List of Nevada state parks - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    It is 90 miles (140 km) north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in Lincoln County, Nevada. The 5,380-acre (21.8 km 2 ) refuge was created on August 16, 1963, and is part of the larger Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex , which also includes the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge , the Desert National Wildlife Refuge , and the Moapa Valley National ...

  6. Rye Patch State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    The park is located in a part of Nevada that in prehistoric times was under Lake Lahontan. When the lake had receded lower than the present-day reservoir, by about 23,000 years ago, animals such as camels, horses, rabbits, and squirrels would drink from the river, and some of their fossils have been found about 14 miles (23 km) north of the dam.

  7. Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    It is 16 miles (26 km) long, up to 3 miles (4.8 km) in width, and lies at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 m). Once the bed of an ancient 200-foot (61 m) deep lake, it is now a network of spring-fed marshes and shallow ponds serving as a habitat for hundreds of species of native and migratory birds and mammals .

  8. Lahontan Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Lahontan Valley is a basin in Churchill County, Nevada, United States. [1] The valley is a landform of the central portion of the prehistoric Lake Lahontan's lakebed of 20,000-9,000 years ago. The valley and the adjacent Carson Sink represent a small portion of the lake bed. Humboldt Lake is to the valley's northeast. Pyramid Lake is west.

  9. Category:Lakes of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Snow Lake (Nevada) Soda Lakes; Soldier Lakes (Nevada) Stella Lake; T. Lake Tahoe; Teresa Lake; U. Upper Pahranagat Lake; V. Verdi Lake (Nevada) W. Walker Lake (Nevada ...