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Lahontan State Recreation Area - This water recreation area is located 20 minutes west of Fallon. A man-made lake, 16 miles long has more than 69 miles of sandy shoreline and covers 12,000 surface acres. It offers visitors swimming, fishing, boating and numerous watersport activities. There are also RV dump facilities here. For more information contact: Lahontan State Recreation Area, 16799 Lahontan Dam, Fallon, NV 89406, (702) 867-3500.
Fees: Nevada State Park (moderate)
Weather: Warm
Location: South of Silver Springs on US 95 alternate. There are also some campsites off U.S. 50 east of Silver Springs on the east side of the lake. Beach 5 on the west side has paved sites but the best ones may be under the trees in the sand at some of the other beaches.
Beach 7 - unstructured parking. Dump station near ranger station at park entrance
Nv State Parks http://www.parks.nv.gov/lah.htm
Webshots photos: http://community.webshots.com/album/36212737PJIizn
shoreline processes (geology) http://www.uwec.edu/jolhm/Past_Classes/1999/RENO/oct08/geography.htm
Recreation.gov http://www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=85
Nature Conservancy http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/nevada/preserves/art1930.html
Nevada Audubon Society http://www.nevadaaudubon.org/main.htm
Exploring the basin in a Land Rover http://www.rangerovers.net/expeditions/lakelahontan/
Wildernet http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/statepark.cfm?areaID=NVSPLS
geocities (nice pic of dam) http://www.geocities.com/oakbran/Lahontan.html
monthly climate summary http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nvlaho - online highways http://www.nvohwy.com/w/wx264349.htm -
about Mercury in the lake http://pacific.fws.gov/ecoservices/envicon/pim/reports/Reno/NevadaMercurySummary.htm
about the dam http://www.structurae.de/en/structures/data/str03682.php
topowest map http://www.topowest.com/Nevada/39119/o39119d1.html
surface water monitoring network http://ndep.nv.gov/bwqp/LAHONTAN.HTM
backpacker.com http://www.thebackpacker.com/places/nv/park_1081.php
Other
USFS Lahontan Fish Hatchery: http://www.fs.fed.us/htnf/lahontan.htm see also http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/SpeciesProfile?spcode=E00Y - http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fishing/html/WildTrout/trout/lct.htm - http://www.rabbitbrush.com/nvtu/lahontan.html - http://bruningflyfishing.com/fishing/Trout_page.htm -
Burning Man - Lake Lahontan Yacht Club: http://lakelahontan.org/
Astronomy club http://www.astronomy.net/astroguide/club/Astronomical_Society_of_Nevada_-_Lahontan_Chapter/ -
About the white pelican http://www.audubon.org/chapter/nv/lahontan/pelicanpix.html
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