The site has been popular with local picnickers since the nineteenth century, when it was known as Cathedral Gulch.
During the 1920s, its dramatic landscape provided a background for open-air plays and annual Easter ceremonies.
Governor James Scrugham began acquiring and setting aside the area for preservation in 1924.
It subsequently became one of the four original Nevada state parks created in 1935.
Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps built picnicking facilities that are still in use as well as a stone water tower and stone restroom which are no longer in operation.
The site has been popular with local picnickers since the nineteenth century, when it was known as Cathedral Gulch. During the 1920s, its dramatic landscape provided a background for open-air plays and annual Easter ceremonies. Governor James Scrugham began acquiring and setting aside the area for preservation in 1924. It subsequently became one of the four original Nevada state parks created in 1935. Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps built picnicking facilities that are still in use as well as a stone water tower and stone restroom which are no longer in operation.
Cathedral Gorge State Park