Category: North Central

Bike the West – Bicycle Tours

Bike the West has been producing quality cycling events since 1989 in around the Lake Tahoe area Northern California and in the State of Nevada. The Comstock Silver Century premiered in 1989 followed by America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride and Oatbran in 1991. Our other popular events include Tour de Tahoe which is an early […]

Nevada State Horseshoe Pitchers Association

The purpose of the NSHPA shall be to develop, foster and promote organized horseshoe pitching at local and state levels, as a recreational pastime and a competitive game by providing direction, organization, published material and approved equipment, when necessary, to enhance the sport. See tournament and events schedule on website. 2019 Locations include Las Vegas, […]

Rye Patch State Recreation Area

Open year-round, Rye Patch State Recreation Area is situated on a 22-mile long reservoir that has 72 miles of shoreline and 11,000 acres of water surface when full. Visitors enjoy camping, picnicking, swimming and water-skiing, and fisherman delight in the available white bass, catfish, black bass and walleye. Trails around and throughout the park make […]

Lahontan State Recreation Area

Named after an ancient lake, Lahontan Reservoir was originally built as part of an irrigation project to water nearby farmlands. With willows and cottonwoods scattered along 69 miles of shoreline, the park is one of most popular places in Nevada to boat, fish, water-ski, horseback ride, camp and enjoy the outdoors year-round. Canoeing from Fort […]

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park was first established in 1957 to protect and display North America’s most abundant concentration and largest known ichthyosaur fossils. The park also preserves the turn-of-the-20th century mining town of Berlin, as well as the Diana Mine. Ichthyosaurs (pronounced “ick-thee-o-sores”) were ancient marine reptiles that swam in a warm ocean covering central Nevada […]