Picnic facilities are available at Davis Creek and Bowers Mansion. Davis Creek and Washoe Lake State Park provides overnight camping. Bower’s Mansion provides swimming, children’s playground and group picnic facilities. Davis Creek has a small pond, camping and nature trails including an access trail to the Sierra. Washoe Lake State Park is a launching site for wind-sailing and boating it is also a popular waterfowl hunting location. Birdwatchers are frequent visitors to the lake and the parks. Equestrians and many types of recreational vehicles traverse the Virginia Range’s many roads left from mineral exploration during the Comstock boom.