Water in Nevada

Discover 14 water in Nevada.

Water Gap

The site of an improbable and ill-fated attempt to use dammed floodwaters for irrigation.

Blue Lake, main basin.

Blue Lake

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

Weathered remnants of the old wooden box flume.

Carson City, Nevada

Virginia City Flume

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

Looking downstream.

Boulder City, Nevada

Black Canyon National Water Trail

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

Stumps along the slough in the foreground, with a sand dune behind.

Mud Slough

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

Some of North America's oldest known petroglyphs.

Winnemucca Lake

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Aerial view of Thunderbird Lodge

Incline Village, Nevada

Thunderbird Lodge

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

"Bonsai Rock" at the west shore of Lake Tahoe, February 2010

Washoe County, Nevada

Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Fly Geyser Aerial Photo

Gerlach, Nevada

Fly Geyser

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Pyramid Lake

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

St. Thomas ruins.

St. Thomas Ghost Town

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Devil's Hole

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Devil's Hole

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The Glorious Diorama

Boulder City, Nevada

Hoover Dam Old Exhibit Building

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A giant concrete Ichthyosaur beckons you to explore the park.

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

Are we missing something unusual in Nevada?