Museums
History BuffNevada Northern Railway Museum
Under $25Tour a 1905 copper-era rail yard in East Ely and ride behind vintage steam and diesel locomotives.
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Sports & Outdoors
Cave Lake State Park
A year-round state park centered on a 32-acre reservoir in the Schell Creek Range, known for trout fishing, flat-wake boating, and winter recreation.
US 93-Success Summit Rd, Ely, NV 89301 · Ely, NV
About Cave Lake State Park
Cave Lake State Park sits in the hills about five miles southeast of Ely, Nevada, at a high elevation near Humboldt National Forest. Its 32-acre reservoir is stocked with rainbow trout and holds German brown trout, drawing anglers and small-boat users who keep to a slow speed limit. Summer visitors can swim, hike on four maintained trails, camp, and mountain bike. In winter the park offers ice fishing, ice skating on the boat launch area, snowmobiling on approved roads, sledding, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing when snow is deep. Two campgrounds, picnic areas along the shore, and a day-use group site support visits, and the park is also home to elk, mule deer, hawks, and eagles.
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