Nevada Lakes: 12 Vacation Lakes in Nevada

Featured Nevada Lake

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Ruby Lake	Also known as: Ruby Marsh Perhaps the last thing one would expect to find in the deserts of northeastern Nevada is a marsh. But Ruby Lake is just that: a 17,125 acre marsh and national wildlife refuge that is home to hundreds of wetland species. Ruby Lake is a remnant of ancient Franklin Lake, a 300,000 acre lake that was 200 feet deep. Today, the marshy area reaches depths of just 12 feet and is fed by over 150 pure mountain springs from the base of the Ruby Mountains to its west. Ruby Marsh is extremely remote. Visitors must travel 17 to 35 miles of gravel road to reach the marsh, and some of the roads are not accessible in the winter. However, the seclusion of the lake makes it a peaceful location for fishing, hunting, wildlife observation, and photography. Early explorers to the area thought the red garnet stones they found there were rubies, and they named the mountains the Ruby Mountains. Today these snow-capped peaks rise majestically above the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. This 37,632 acre area ... (read more about Ruby Lake, Nevada)

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Lake Summary

Ruby Lake

Also known as: Ruby Marsh
Perhaps the last thing one would expect to find in the deserts of northeastern Nevada is a marsh. But Ruby Lake is just that: a 17,125 acre marsh and national wildlife refuge that is home to hundreds of wetland species. Ruby Lake is a remnant of ancient Franklin Lake, a 300,000 acre lake that was 200 feet deep. Today, the marshy area reaches depths of just 12 feet and is fed by over 150 pure mountain springs from the base of the Ruby Mountains to its west. Ruby Marsh is extremely remote. Visitors must travel 17 to 35 miles of gravel road to reach the marsh, and some of the roads are not accessible in the winter. However, the seclusion of the lake makes it a peaceful location for fishing, hunting, wildlife observation, and photography. Early explorers to the area thought the red garnet stones they found there were rubies, and they named the mountains the Ruby Mountains. Today these snow-capped peaks rise majestically above the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. This 37,632 acre area ... (read more about Ruby Lake, Nevada)