BLM is a proud to help celebrate Nevada's Sesquicentennial and has created six geocaches in each of our districts around unique features that are part of Nevada's history & environment. Happy 150th Birthday and enjoy Nevada's awesome Public lands.
Rising almost 2,000 feet above the town of Winnemucca, Water Canyon is one of the premier recreation areas in Northern Nevada. Managed by the BLM-Winnemucca Field Office, this area offers sites for overnight camping, picnics, hiking, biking and even limited ATV use, all at no charge to visitors. The BLM has installed campfire rings, grills, trails, shelters and information kiosks all in an effort to improve one of Winnemucca’s closest recreational opportunities. Plans are even being made this year by a local environmental education group, the Nevada Outdoor School, to install an interpretive trail which will allow visitors to take self-guided tour learning about the local flora and fauna and the canyon’s importance in local history and cultural significance to many different groups in the Winnemucca area. Mule Deer, Coyotes, Chukar Partridge, California Quail, Mormon Crickets, and many other species can all be found and often viewed while visiting the canyon. In addition to these exciting animals one will also find an exciting variety of plants that survive the harsh desert climate because of the water that flows here year round. Aspen, Cottonwood, Willow, Wild Rose, Sagebrush, and other trees and plants can all be found here making it a great place to relax in the shade and beat the summer heat.
Experience America's Great Outdoors with the Bureau of Land Management! All BLM cache sites in Nevada are located on public lands, so you're free to explore the area around the cache. We only ask that you leave these sites as you find them, with no trace of your visit, so others can share the fun and exhilaration of discovery.
Learn more about the BLM Adventurer Passport at (http://on.doi.gov/1Fdws6I) , where you'll find detailed instructions on how to download your individual passport (PDF) and place stamps from the caches you find in your book. Each Nevada BLM geocache box contains a unique 6-digit hard code and quick code (for smartphone users) that unlock access to an electronic passport stamp for the site. The first 10 cachers to collect all 6 e-stamps and submit them to BLM Nevada Geocache will be awarded a Commemorative Nevada 150th Copper Medallion.