The US Forest Service provides the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway complex as a place for education, events, and information about the SMNRA. The site includes a Visitor Center with exhibits & gift store open 9am-4pm daily, an education building, 2 amphitheaters, 2 group picnic areas, the nation's first National Cold War Monument,the & Stones Plaza honoring the 7 tribes of the Southern Paiute (Nuwuvi) birthplace, and an extensive system of trails.