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Nevada State & National Park Photographs

Nevada has quite the array of state parks, which are spread all over the place. Additonally, many of the nicest state parks are truly located “out in the middle of nowhere.” In other words…some effort…sometimes a great deal of effort…is needed to reach them. This is especially true for the parks in Eastern and Central Nevada….trips to these parks can sometimes require up to 50 miles of travel to reach on long, bumpy dirt roads!

Wheeler Peak at SunsetNevada only has 1 designated National Park…Great Basin National Park. But what a park it is! And is well worth the time and effort spent to see it. Unlike many of the state parks in Nevada, Great Basin is easily reached by paved road and is located just outside the tiny town of Baker.

The parks in Nevada, as you can probably guess, tend to be lightly used outside of the handful of ones around Lake Tahoe and in the vicinity of Las Vegas. This is both due to the distance to reach them…as well as the simple and somewhat sad fact that few people even know that these parks exist!


Photographs of the State & National Parks in Nevada



  • Big Smoky Valley Photographs : Gallery 1
  • Big Smoky Valley Photographs : Gallery 2
  • Clover Valley Photographs : Gallery 1
  • Clover Valley Photographs : Gallery 2
  • Fish Lake Valley Photographs
  • Lamoille Valley Photographs
  • Monitor Valley Photographs : Gallery 1
  • Monitor Valley Photographs : Gallery 2
  • North Ruby Valley Agricultural Scene Photographs
  • North Steptoe Valley Photographs
  • Northern Ruby Valley & Secret Valley Photographs
  • Reese River Valley Photographs
  • Ruby Valley, Ruby Mountains & Ruby Marsh Photographs
  • Southern Ruby Valley Photographs



  • If you would like to use any of the photographs shown on this site for online or offline uses, please read the Photo Use Policy. All photographs on this site have been taken by myself, using either a Canon 20D Digital Camera or a Canon A540 Digital Camera. Also note, all images have been copyrighted with the US Copyright Office. As such, unauthorized use of the photos can lead to unpleasant consequences. So if you want to use a photo from this site for whatever reason, please JUST ASK.

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