Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area is a little knownsurprise right off Las Vegas Boulevard. I actually do mean right off of Las Vegas Boulevard. The road to the site runs along power lines near the I-15 exit on Southern Las Vegas Boulevard. A somewhat rough road leads to a place full of petroglyphs and some unusual rock formations. The opportunity that I had to first visit this site was when my wife had left town to visit relatives with her mother. I packed up the kids and the dogs for a nice hike. The beginning of the hike is down a gravelly creek bed. One of the most difficult part of the trail is the waterfall. it is bordered on both sides by rock walls so we had to have one of us scramble up, and then pass the dogs up. The sand at the bottom of the falls, a giant bowl, was pretty wet even in mid-summer. The payoff, for me at least, was the tremendous number of petroglyph panels. Large and small panels covered with designs, people, and animal representations. Well worth the hike to see a place that most Las Vegans have no idea is so close to town.
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Wow that sounds like a great hike! My boyfriend will only go hiking with me if its a challenging hike; this sounds like something he might enjoy. I would definitely bring my camera cause it seems like you got some great pictures. Thank for sharing about this!
ReplyDeleteWOW never knew this place existed! I have lived here 15 and a half years now.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely have to go visit it. Looks very interesting and beautiful.