Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureBlack Rock Desert
No admission feeDrive, camp and land-sail on a vast alkali playa ringed by mountains, hot springs and 19th-century emigrant trails.
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Sports & Outdoors
Rye Patch State Recreation Area
A Nevada state recreation area on a long reservoir, offering camping, boating, fishing, and wildlife viewing in the Great Basin.
2505 Rye Patch Reservoir Rd., Lovelock, NV 89419 · Lovelock, NV
About Rye Patch State Recreation Area
Rye Patch sits beside a large reservoir fed by the Humboldt River, with extensive shoreline and open water. Visitors camp, picnic, swim, water-ski, and fish for several species, including walleye and bass. Trails lead through habitat where hawks, eagles, owls, antelope, and deer are often seen. The area also serves as a base for off-road vehicle trips, ghost town visits, and gold prospecting. Its landscape reflects the Great Basin, with sagebrush and saltbush common, and the Humboldt River carved the trench where it lies.
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