Beaver Dam State Park is a state park

State park

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 of Nevada

Nevada

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, USA, in the Beaver Dam Mountains of Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Nevada

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. Located about 30 miles (48.3 km) east of the town of Panaca

Panaca, Nevada

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 on a rough road, Beaver Dam is one of the least accessible state parks in Nevada. It is in the Eastern Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks. Beaver Dam State Park was created by the Nevada Legislature

Nevada Legislature

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 in 1935.

The area has picnicking, camping and hiking. Schroeder Lake, a 15 acres (6.1 ha) reservoir built in the park in 1962, was breached in 2005 after a winter of intense rainfall left the dam dangerously weakened.

Schroeder Lake was built on Beaver Dam Wash

Beaver Dam Wash

The Beaver Dam Wash is a seasonal stream near the southwestern Utah-Nevada border. At its southern end in northern Arizona, near the point where it empties into the Virgin River, the stream flows throughout the year....

, which drains much of the surrounding area before emptying into the Virgin River

Virgin River

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 in far northwest Arizona

Arizona

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