Top 10 Camping Activities in Nevada Camping Gems - Things to Do in Nevada Discover the Old West in Virginia City. Go water skiing on Lake Tahoe. See the bright lights and casinos of Las Vegas. Take a tour of Hoover Dam. Hike the Bristlecone Pine Trail at Great Basin National Park. Read (or write) a poet at Elko's National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Watch for wild burros at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Go mountain biking on Winnemucca’s Bloody Shins Trail. Watch for American avocets at the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge wetlands in the Lahontan Valley. White-water raft down the Truckee River.