Cathedral Gorge State Park, State park in southeastern Nevada, United States.

Cathedral Gorge State Park is a state park in southeastern Nevada where rainwater and melting snow have carved the soft bentonite clay of the Panaca Formation into narrow canyons, vertical fins and spires. The rust-orange slopes rise to rounded summits above pale sand at their base.

The site was known as Cathedral Gulch and used for picnics and open-air plays in the 1920s. Governor James Scrugham began acquiring the land in 1924, and in 1935 it became one of Nevada's four original state parks. Civilian Conservation Corps crews built picnic facilities, a stone water tower and a stone restroom.

The park's name comes from the cathedral-like spires that early visitors saw in the clay, and locals call the narrow slot canyons "caves". Picnickers have gathered here since the nineteenth century, when the site was known as Cathedral Gulch, and in the 1920s the landscape served as a backdrop for open-air plays and annual Easter ceremonies.

The park maintains campsites equipped with picnic tables, grills, and shade structures throughout the grounds, plus electrical hookups for those bringing vehicles. The visitor center provides detailed maps to help you navigate the different canyon trails.

The name comes from the fin-like ridges and spires that early visitors compared to a cathedral; the site was called Cathedral Gulch in the nineteenth century. Locals call the narrow slot canyons "caves" and crawl through tunnels between the columns to reach hidden chambers that stay cooler in summer.