Rye Patch State Recreation Area

Rye Patch State Recreation Area: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Rye Patch State Recreation Area

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Rye Patch State Recreation Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.47866, -118.31312. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rye Patch State Recreation Area

• Rye Patch Reservoir · lake · Pershing · ~16 km · Must-see
• Star Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~16 km · Must-see
• Thunder Mountain Monument · fort · Pershing · ~32 km · Must-see
• Buena Vista Valley · viewpoint · Pershing · ~39 km · Must-see
• Leonard Rockshelter · fort · Churchill · ~71 km · Must-see
• Standard Mine · fort · Pershing · ~9 km
• Rye Patch Agnes Mine · fort · Pershing · ~11 km
• Panther Canyon Mine · fort · Pershing · ~11 km
• Antelope Canyon Mine · fort · Pershing · ~11 km
• Star Mine · fort · Pershing · ~11 km
• Motor Mine · fort · Pershing · ~11 km
• Rye Patch Mine · fort · Pershing · ~11 km
• Oreana Mine · fort · Pershing · ~12 km
• Little Tungsten Mine · fort · Pershing · ~12 km
• Blackjack Mine · fort · Pershing · ~12 km
• Chipmunk Mine · fort · Pershing · ~12 km
• Fluorspar Mine · fort · Pershing · ~13 km
• Valerie Mine · fort · Pershing · ~14 km

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Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Rye Patch State Recreation Area

• Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~103 km · Must-see
• Calico Mountains Wilderness · sanctuary · Humboldt · ~122 km · Must-see
• Fallon National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Churchill · ~106 km
• Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area · sanctuary · Churchill · ~113 km
• Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Churchill · ~124 km
• Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Washoe · ~146 km
• Humboldt State Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Churchill · ~75 km
• Tobin Range Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~80 km
• China Mountain Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~93 km
• Augusta Mountains Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~94 km

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