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2. List of Nevada state parks - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. South Fork State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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   South Fork State Recreation Area is a state park unit of the state of Nevada covering nearly four thousand acres, located five miles (8.0 km) due south of Elko. [4] The park comprises the 1,650-acre (670 ha) South Fork Reservoir [ 5 ] and surrounding marsh, meadowlands, and hills.

4. Slide Mountain (Nevada) - Wikipedia

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   Slide Mountain dominates the Reno skyline, standing 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above the city just to the south of its larger neighbor Mount Rose. Several ski trails and a maintenance road lead to the summit, making the hike to the top an easy one, especially from the Mount Rose Summit Campground located on State Route 431 at the Northwest base.

5. Honey Lake - Wikipedia

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   Map of Honey Lake watershed. The lake received its name from the honeydew produced by the abundant aphids inhabiting the area. [7]During the Pleistocene, Honey Lake and the entire Honey Lake Valley were part of Lake Lahontan in western Nevada, with a lake water level of 1,332 m (4,370 ft) [8] a level of approximately 115 m (377 ft) higher than the 1984 level of Honey Lake. [1]

6. Rye Patch State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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   Rye Patch State Recreation Area is a 2,400-acre (970 ha) state park unit of Nevada, United States, adjoining Rye Patch Reservoir, an 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) impoundment on the Humboldt River, and the smaller Pitt-Taylor Reservoirs.

7. Black Rock Desert - Wikipedia

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   The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa 100 miles (160 km) north of Reno, Nevada, that encompasses more than 300,000 acres (120,000 ha) of land and contains more than 120 miles (200 km) of historic ...

8. Pyramid Lake (Nevada) - Wikipedia

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   Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the basin of the Truckee River, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Reno, Nevada, United States. Pyramid Lake is the biggest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, the inland sea that once covered much of western Nevada. [2]

9. Walker Lake (Nevada) - Wikipedia

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   Walker Lake is a natural lake in the Great Basin in western Nevada in the United States. It is 11 mi (17 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, in northwestern Mineral County along the east side of the Wassuk Range, about 75 mi (120 km) southeast of Reno.