Cave Lake State Park is a state park

State park

State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the federated state level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational...

 of Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, USA, featuring a 32 acres (12.9 ha) reservoir in White Pine County

White Pine County, Nevada

White Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. It is the home of Great Basin National Park...

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

Ely, Nevada

Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906...

, Cave Lake is situated at an elevation of 7000 feet (2,133.6 m) within the northern section of the Schell Creek Range

Schell Creek Range

The Schell Creek Range is a linear mountain range in central White Pine County, in east-central Nevada. Its length is approximately in a north-south direction....

. It is in the Eastern Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks.

The park is popular for brown and rainbow trout fishing, icefishing, crawdadding, camping, picnicking and winter fireworks.

The White Pine Fire and Ice Show takes place in the park each January and features an ice

Ice sculpture

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 and snow sculpture

Snow sculpture

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 contest and fireworks

Fireworks

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. In September 2007 the American Bus Association

American Bus Association

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 listed the festival as one of the top 100 North American tourism events in its Destinations magazine.

Camping

The park offers two designated campgrounds, Elk Flat and Lake View. Both have modern restroom facilities and showers, and the former offers a holding tank dump station

Holding tank dump station

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. There is also a yurt

Yurt

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available for rent.