Echo Canyon State Park

Echo Canyon State Park
Nevada State Park
Echo Canyon Reservoir
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Lincoln

Location	Pioche
- elevation	5,348 ft (1,630 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	37°54′36″N 114°15′38″W / 37.91000°N 114.26056°W / 37.91000; -114.26056Coordinates: 37°54′36″N 114°15′38″W / 37.91000°N 114.26056°W / 37.91000; -114.26056

Area	1,080 acres (437 ha)

Founded	1970
Management	Nevada Division of State Parks

Location of Echo Canyon State Park in Nevada

Echo Canyon State Park is a 1,800-acre (730 ha) state park of Nevada, USA, featuring a 65-acre (26 ha) reservoir. The park is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of the town of Pioche. It is in the Eastern Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks. Echo Canyon Dam, which impounds Echo Canyon Reservoir, was built in 1969-70. It is the farthest downstream dam on the Meadow Valley Wash.

The scenic area around Echo Canyon (elevation 5,100 feet (1,600 m)) has several ranches and farms. The park has campsites, a picnic area, hiking trail, boat launch and fishing.

References

↑ "Echo Canyon Reservoir State Recreation Area". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-12-12. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

External links

Echo Canyon State Park

Protected areas of Nevada

Federal

National Parks and Monuments	Basin and Range NM Death Valley NP Great Basin NP Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

National Recreation Areas	Lake Mead Spring Mountains (USFS)

National Forests	Humboldt-Toiyabe Inyo Lake Tahoe Basin

National Conservation Areas	Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Red Rock Canyon Sloan Canyon

National Wilderness Areas	Alta Toquima Arc Dome Arrow Canyon Bald Mountain Becky Peak Big Rocks Black Canyon Black Rock Desert Boundary Peak Bridge Canyon Bristlecone Calico Mountains Clover Mountains Currant Mountain Death Valley Delamar Mountains East Fork High Rock Canyon East Humboldt Eldorado Far South Egans Fortification Range Goshute Canyon Government Peak Grant Range High Rock Canyon High Rock Lake High Schells Highland Ridge Ireteba Peaks Jarbidge Jimbilnan Jumbo Springs La Madre Mountain Lime Canyon Little High Rock Canyon Meadow Valley Range Mormon Mountains Mt Charleston Mt Grafton Mt Irish Mt Moriah Mt Rose Muddy Mountains Nellis Wash North Black Rock Range North Jackson Mountains North McCullough Pahute Peak Parsnip Peak Pinto Valley Quinn Canyon Rainbow Mountain Red Mountain Ruby Mountains Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Shellback South Egan Range South Jackson Mountains South McCullough South Pahroc Range Spirit Mountain Table Mountain Tunnel Spring Wee Thump Joshua Tree Weepah Spring White Pine Range White Rock Range Worthington Mountains

National Wildlife Refuges	Anaho Island Ash Meadows Desert Fallon Moapa Valley Pahranagat Ruby Lake Sheldon Stillwater

State

Historic Parks	Belmont Courthouse Dangberg Home Ranch Elgin Schoolhouse Fort Churchill Mormon Station Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Ward Charcoal Ovens

Recreation Areas	Big Bend Lahontan Rye Patch South Fork Walker Lake Wild Horse

Other	Beaver Dam Berlin–Ichthyosaur Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Dayton Echo Canyon Kershaw–Ryan Lake Tahoe – Nevada Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Valley Valley of Fire Van Sickle Washoe Lake

Previous	Floyd Lamb

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