BLUE DIAMOND, Nev. – Celebrate the season and historical heritage of Spring Mountain Ranch State Park as it hosts its second annual “Christmas at the Ranch†on Saturday, December 12, from 3:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. This family friendly celebration will include warm refreshments, music, a bird feeder ornament making activity and pictures with Santa. [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Division of State Parks is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout 2010. Nevada’s state park system was authorized by the 1935 legislature on the same day that the first four state parks were officially established, on March 26. These included Valley of Fire, Cathedral Gorge, Kershaw-Ryan and Beaver Dam State [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Permits go on sale September 12, 2009 for the Nevada Division of State Parks’ annual wood sale. The sale starts at 8 a.m. at the State Library and Archives building located at 100 N. Stewart Street. Permits are $50 (cash or check only) per cord and are limited to two cords [...]
MINDEN/GENOA — Nevada State Parks invites the public to attend free stargazing events on Saturday, August 15, at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Minden, and on Friday, August 21, at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa. Both events begin at 7:00 p.m. and end by 10:00 p.m. Members of the Astronomical Society [...]
WASHOE VALLEY, Nev. — Join Nevada State Parks rangers and local astronomy experts, Jay Lawson and Adam Kremers, for an evening of star and planet gazing. These experts will have high-powered telescopes available to view the moons of Jupiter and many other fascinating objects in the Milky Way galaxy. Participants should bring jackets, as evenings [...]
LAS VEGAS – In celebration of National Bike Month, Nevada Division of State Parks is waiving entrance fees on May 16-17, 2009 for anyone who rides or brings their bike to one Nevada’s 24 state parks. This weekend in State Parks is being held in conjunction with Nevada Bike to Work Day on Friday, May [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev.—The Nevada Division of State Parks is holding a free Tread Lightly trainer course May 19 and 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. The training will be located at the Richard H. Bryan Building at 901 S. Stewart Street, in the fourth floor Great Basin conference room. Normal registration fees are being [...]
LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — New operating hours have been established for all boat launch facilities at Lake Tahoe due to the new Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Lake Tahoe Boat Inspection Program. Boat launch facilities at Sand Harbor and Cave Rock will have new summer hours beginning May 1. Sand Harbor’s boat launch hours will be [...]
PIOCHE, Nev. — There is $50,000 swimming in either Echo Canyon State Park or Spring Valley State Park. The catch is that the cash must be caught. Several tagged fish in each reservoir are cash prize winners, but only one is worth $50,000. To have a shot at catching one of these valuable fish, a [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ThCznZzg4&hl=en&fs=1] The Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park is one of Carson Valley’s first and largest ranches. The ranch was home to German immigrant Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg who founded the site in 1857. Christmas at the Dangberg Home Ranch has been reconstructed with historic artifacts, toys and decorations. Park Interpreter Mark Jensen narrates this video and [...]
