Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area - Enterprise Sightseeing
- Address: HCR 33, Box 5500, Las Vegas, Nevada 89124
- Phone: +1 702 515 5350
- Website:www.desertusa.com
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
HCR 33Box 5500, Las Vegas, Nevada 89124
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Details
Descriptions from Across the Web
- This park is named for the 3,000-foot-high sandstone cliffs that can be viewed from a 13-mile paved loop. A visitor's center provides information on area wildlife and flora, as well as Native American history. Rangers conduct guided hikes at no charge. Visitors may run across burros, big horn she... more on Yahoo! Travel
- The vivid red sandstone formations that gave Red Rock Canyon its name are visible throughout the Las Vegas Valley. It's just 20 miles from the Strip to one of Nevada's most beautiful settings, where opportunities abound for outdoor adventures. The Aztec sandstone is the same as can be found at th... more on Search.cityguide.aol.com
- Visitors can admire colorful rock formations on several hiking trails or on a 13-mile scenic drive. more on TripAdvisor
- Red Rock Canyon, a reserve of the Mohave Desert, features stunning crimson volcanic rock cliffs and ravines, as well as desert wildlife and vegetation. Visitors follow a one-way, 13-mile scenic drive that includes several overlooks where vehicles can stop.The scenery includes embedded cliff fossi... more on GoCityKids.com
- Red Rock Canyon was designated as Nevada's first National Conservation Area. Red Rock Canyon is located 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip on Charleston Boulevard/State Route 159. The area is 195,819 acres and is visited by more than one million people each year. In marked contrast to a town ge... more on Blm.gov
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good to visit and very beautiful and also so close the las vegas
i found it very beautiful and interesteing. we rentd a car and took our time and truly enjoyed it, great ... larry_dawson55, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel
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Hike This!
If you are looking for a fun adventure only a half-hour from the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip, but a world away, you should explore the Red Rock National Conversation Area. My brother and I hired a guide, Neil, from Hike This (hikethislasvegas dot com), and we couldn't have had a better day. Neil... DapperDave, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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Just outside LV but miles away
We wanted to get out of the city for a day. We went hiking at one of the canyons. It was nice and quiet. We actually saw a burrow (donkey). He walked right up to me. Now being a city girl from NY I hopped back in my car. But he was very sweet. It was nice to see the mountains up close and drive d... adventure361, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel
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Good therapy
Booked a private hiking trip to Red Rock Canyon with Neil from Hike This Las Vegas in May 2007. The crowds were getting to me in Vegas so I had to get out. I had a choice of hiking the trails or rock scrambling. I chose the rock scrambling which was so much fun and a great workout. Climbed to the... FL_Horse_Lover, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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Natural beauty
A superb driving tour and the perfect silence and beauty of the Nevada desert johnnydogmatic, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel
Directions
Red Rock Canyon is located about 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. From Las Vegas the Conservation Area can be approached from Charleston Boulevard [north of Sahara Avenue], which will turn into State Route 159; or from State Route 160 [south of Tropi
Hours
6a till dusk M-Su
Miscellaneous
- Admission: Park admission $5/vehicle
Other Web Resources
- Read more about Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Yahoo! Travel
- www.desertusa.com
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