Cave Lake State Park

Cave Lake State Park is a public recreation area in eastern Nevada in the Schell Creek Range near Ely. Covering more than 4,000 acres at about 7,300 feet beside Humboldt National Forest, it centers on the 32-acre Cave Lake reservoir, created by Cave Creek Dam in 1932 for fishing and flat-wake boating. The site was bought by the Nevada Department of Wildlife in 1971 for $10, transferred to Nevada State Parks two years later, and enlarged in 2015 by 2,980 acres from the U.S. Forest Service. Known for year-round recreation, it offers trout and ice fishing, hiking, camping, winter sports, and ties to Ely’s Fire and Ice Festival.

Ely, Nevada · United States