Rye Patch State Recreation Area is a state park unit of Nevada, United States, adjoining the 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) Rye Patch Reservoir as well as the smaller Pitt-Taylor Reservoirs. The reservoir is impounded behind the Rye Patch Dam on the Humboldt River. The recreation area is located at the end of State Route 401 (Rye Patch Road), which connects to Interstate 80/U.S.