Cathedral Gorge State Park | Nevada

On the way to the Cathedral Gorge State Park I passed  a road that takes travelers to an overlook.  As far as I know, it is outside the state park, but impressive.  This area is just south of Pioche, Nevada.

 

This little shelter has been standing for decades, since it was built in the last century when the CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps were in the area.

 

 

I did not stay at the park, but they do have quite a nice campground, including some sites with hookups.

 

There are an abundance of these rock formations.  I always think they look like gigantic rocks that have somehow melted through the years.  In fact, water did have much to do with these scenes, since this area started out as a lake.  Through time, the lake drained and rainfall pounded on these rocks as well as snow freezing and then melting, causing fissures and then erosion.

There is an area called the caves.  Not caves exactly, but paths through these formations that you can disappear into and be surrounded by these tall monoliths.

 

You can see the texture of these rocks, the look like mud, but they are hard-packed rocks.

 

 

Left from last century, in the 1930s, the CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps built two structures in the park, which are still standing.  This one is the water tower, and the other is a toilet building, not in use any longer.