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Spring Valley Eagle Valley Reservoir: Eagle Valley Reservoir Is the State Park Spring Valley Primary Attraction at Spring Valley State Park FacilitieS Spring valley EaglE VallEy REservoiR: Eagle Valley Reservoir is the State Park Spring valley primary attraction at Spring Valley State Park. The 59-acre HC 74 Box 201, Pioche, Nevada 89043 State Park reservoir is currently managed as a put-and-take sport fishery. Phone: (775) 962-5102 Rainbow trout is the primary species. [email protected] BOAT LAUNCH: A boat launch is located on the south shore of N the reservoir adjacent to the day-use picnic areas. A ramp, dock ev ada and temporary docking slips are available. Spring Valley State Park TRAILS: A developed trail connects the Stone Cabin and Ranch ah PiochE T U Campground. Walks around the reservoir are popular and allow Spring Valley Echo canyon terrific views of the valley. State Park State Park is cathedral gorge CampiNg: Horsethief gulch Campground, the main located 18 miles State Park panacA campground, is located just west of Eagle Valley Reservoir. It northeast of has 37 campsites – each with table, grill and shade ramada – Pioche on State and three restrooms, two with showers. Water is also available. Route 322. Ranch Campground is located two miles north of the main cALIENTE delamar Kershaw-Ryan campground. This facility has seven campsites with tables and beaver Dam to las vegas State Park grills. Water and primitive restrooms are available. State Park picniCkiNg: The day-use-picnic area is located next to the boat Elgin Schoolhouse State historic Site launch at the reservoir. It includes eight picnic sites, each with Kane Springs rd. table and grill, a restroom and a fish cleaning station. 36 mi. unpaved GroUp Area: Day and overnight groups are accommodated at the south end of the reservoir. Reservations should be made in DIVISION OF STATE PARKS advance. 901 S. Stewart St., Suite 5005 Fees: Fees are charged for day use, boating and camping. A Carson City, Nevada 89701–5248 current fee schedule is posted in the park. www.parks.nv.gov • (775) 684–2770 reminderS wildhorse Please join the majority of our visitors who maintain this area Winnemucca and preserve the fragile desert environment by observing these Elko RyE patch rules: souTh fork Lovelock • No operating of ATVs in the park boundaries. All vehicle Reno lahontan Washoe Lake operators must be licensed. Drive only on designated Fallon Ely lake tahoe berlin cave lake roadways. Carson ft. chuRchill IchThyosauR mormon station City ward charcoal ovens belmont • Camping is allowed only in designated areas. Saving or dangberg hOmE ranch walker lake dayton cOurthOuse reserving campsites is prohibited, even if pre-paid. spring valley EchO canyon • Fires are permitted only in the fire rings and grills provided. Tonopah cathedral gorgE beaver dam Collection of fire wood within the park is prohibited. kershaw Ryan • All plants, animals, rocks, minerals and historic artifacts within ELgin SchoolhOuse the park boundaries are protected by state and federal law. Las Vegas Please do not remove or destroy these features. They should valley of fire be left undisturbed for future generations to enjoy. spring mOuntain ranch • Pets must be kept on a leash no longer than 6 feet. old las vegas mormon ft. • Use garbage dumpsters provided. Do not burn or bury bIg bend of ThE colorado (775) 962–5102 garbage. The Division of State Parks prohibits discrimination in its programs and activities on the basis of race, www.parks.nv.gov/sv.htm • Quiet hours in the park are from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or sexual orientation. April 2011. pring Valley State Park is one of five state although part of the Colorado river watershed, the LoCatIoN & ClimatE parks in Lincoln County. It is a popular area park’s environment is typical of the Great Basin Spring Valley State Park is located 18 miles Sfor fishing, camping and site-seeing. desert and riparian life zones. northeast of Pioche on State route 322. the The reservoir attracts a variety of waterfowl elevation of the reservoir is 5,836 feet. Park History and shore birds, including mallards, teals, herons, The climate of the area is arid, with hot summers Archaeologists believe this area was occupied as avocets and the infrequent yet beautiful trumpeter and cold winters. Summer temperatures range from long ago as 5,500 B.C.E. However, without evidence swan. Eagles, hawks, songbirds, ravens and road 85°F at midday to 45°F at night. rainfall is variable of any permanent dwellings, it appears the area was runners inhabit the canyons and valleys. and thunderstorms are common. although open used for seasonal hunting and gathering. the large Common animals include squirrels, cottontails, year-round, visitors should be aware of colder winter rock outcrop near the center of the valley, known jack rabbits, coyotes, deer, skunks and an occasional temperatures and snow. to many as George Washington rock, may have bobcat. Several species of lizards and snakes also also been used as a look-out for these native people. inhabit the park. Mormon pioneers settled this part of eastern Nevada Vegetation varies throughout the park, depending in 1864. a number of ranch buildings from the late upon elevation, precipitation, soils and slope. the 19th century still exist in the park, including those of most common trees and plants are pinyon pine, Utah the rice ranch, Millet ranch and others. today the juniper and big sagebrush. the flood plains support Millet ranch is used as the park headquarters. rabbit brush, big sagebrush and several grasses. In Agriculture continues to be an important factor the meadows, springs and streams, cattails, sedges in Lincoln County’s economy, and was the reason and grasses are common. for the construction of Eagle Valley Dam in 1965. One of the largest geologic formations within the reservoir, located at the southern end of Spring Spring Valley is volcanic tuff and sediment, rocks Valley, was named for Eagle Valley where the town which are found along the hillsides upstream from of Ursine is located. the state park was subsequently the reservoir. they give a dramatic backdrop to the designated in 1969. park where light-gray, pinkish or white outcrops are exposed. NatUraL ResoUrces Evidence of older lake bed deposits suggest that Spring Valley is situated at the upper end of Spring Valley was once inundated by a lake during Meadow Valley Wash. the wash is a number of the middle Pliocene and early Pleistocene when the valleys trending north-south through Lincoln and climate may have been much wetter than today. Clark Counties. Emptying into the Muddy river near Moapa in Clark County, Meadow Valley Wash eventually reaches Lake Mead near overton. .
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