Park rangers offer tours throughout the year. Roads can be closed during heavy snow or rain. Travelers on Interstate 80 will find the Rye Patch State Recreation Area about 22 miles east of Lovelock. The park includes a reservoir with boating, swimming and water-skiing as well as camping and picnicking. Improved boat launching ramp and campgrounds are located near Rye Patch Dam.
Facilities are open all year.
Hidden in Nevada's northeastern corner is the scenic Wild Horse State Recreation Area. Open all year, Wild Horse offers picnicking, camping on improved sites, comfort stations and a boat launch area. The park is located 65 miles north of Elko via Nevada Highway 225. Two of the state's most unique parks are the Ward Charcoal Ovens Historic State Monument and Cave Lake State Recreation Area in eastern Nevada near Ely. The Ward Charcoal Ovens are six giant beehive-shaped brick ovens constructed in the 1870s as smelters of nearby copper mines.