- Rye Patch State Recreation Area
Rye Patch State Recreation Area is a
state recreation area inNevada . State Route 401 (Rye Patch Road) runs east 2.3 miles from the area toI-80 /US 95 . The Rye Patch Dam forms the Rye Patch Reservoir on theHumboldt River .In the mid-1800s, particularly during the
California Gold Rush , the "Applegate-Lassen Cut-Off" of theCalifornia Trail left the main route of that Trail near present-day Rye Patch Reservoir, and crossed theBlack Rock Desert , on the way toGoose Lake in northwest California, and the California gold fields.External links
* [http://parks.nv.gov/rp.htm Rye Patch State Recreation Area web site]
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