Echo Canyon 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 the 65 acres (26.3 ha) Echo Canyon Reservoir. The park is located about 15 miles (24.1 km) east of the town of Pioche

Pioche, Nevada

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. It is in the Eastern Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks. Echo Canyon Dam was built in 1969-70, and is the farthest downstream dam on the Meadow Valley Wash

Meadow Valley Wash

The Meadow Valley Wash is a southern Nevada stream draining the Meadow Watershed that is bordered on 3 sides by the Great Basin Divide. The wash's Lincoln County headpoint is in the Wilson Creek Range, and the wash includes 2 upper confluences . Panaca is along the upper wash, and downstream of...

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The scenic area around Echo Canyon (elevation 5100 feet (1,554.5 m)) has several ranches and farms. The park has campsites, a picnic area and fishing.