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id: "2457"
name: Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway
distance: "30.2"
duration: Two hours to drive (including backtracking) or all day to enjoy the byway.
description: "Pyramid Lake, sponsored by Native Americans, takes you to one of the largest desert lakes in the world. It is landlocked on the barren desert floor and its colors change from green, to turquoise, to deep blue. The lake is also a resting place for a variety of migrating waterfowl."
contact: "**Pyramid Lake Rangers**  \r\n 775-476-1155  \r\n  \r\n**Pyramid Lake Museum**\r\n775-574-1088\r\n[Send E-mail](mailto:plakemuseum@powernet.net )"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=84591"
    name: Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.plpt.nsn.us/museum/index.html"
    name: Museum and Visitors Center
  - url: "http://www.pyramidlakefisheries.org/"
    name: Pyramid Lake Fisheries
  - url: "http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=1952&agencyCode=133"
    name: Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Nevada State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - NV
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Pyramid Lake, sponsored by Native Americans, takes you to one of the largest desert lakes in the world. It is landlocked on the barren desert floor and its colors change from green, to turquoise, to deep blue. The lake is also a resting place for a variety of migrating waterfowl.