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Sunset Park Pond is around 1.4 acres (5,700 m 2) in surface area and 10 to 12 feet (3.7 m) deep.It is home to various species of water fowl and fish. Sunset Park Pond features a giant stone Moai, of the type found in Easter Island, Chile, carved of stone originally for the Aku Aku Restaurant, where it stood at the restaurant's entrance at the Stardust Hot
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 ...
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.
Dayton State Park is a 152-acre (62 ha) public recreation area in the town of Dayton, Nevada, USA. The state park preserves the site of the Rock Point Stamp Mill , which was built in 1861 to process silver ore mined from the Comstock Lode .
Walker River State Recreation Area is a 12,300-acre (5,000 ha) state park unit of Nevada along the East Walker River near the city of Yerington. The park is one of Nevada's largest and newest state park units, dedicated by Governor Brian Sandoval on September 18, 2018. [2] The park is composed of four units consisting of historical ranch land.
Spring Valley State Park is a public recreation area adjoining the 65-acre (26 ha) Eagle Valley Reservoir in eastern Nevada near the border with the state of Utah. The state park is located at the east end of Nevada State Route 322 , 20 miles (32 km) east of the town of Pioche and near the village of Ursine .
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.
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