Road trip day 2: Las Vegas to Red Rock Canyon.
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 51.27 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,310 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3,340 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,575 ft
- TrailRank
- 59
- Min elevation
- 2,143 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 2 hours 52 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 8 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4511
- Uploaded
- August 12, 2023
- Recorded
- August 2023
near Bracken, Nevada (United States)
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Road trip day 2: Las Vegas to Red Rock Canyon.
11/08/2023
About 24 kms west of Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon is a geological wonder located in the Mojave Desert Nevada. Its red sandstone formations, rugged cliffs sculpted by millions of years of erosion and its vibrant desert flora like the joshua tree, a native specie in the southwest if the US which makes it rare, make this a special place.
We drove through the Scenic Loop Road, along the way we stopped and hiked to admire the striking beauty of the red-orange sandstone Calico Hills. Another pullout we made for another short hike was the Sandstone Quarry Loop and part of the Turtlehead Peak trail which provides stunning panoramic views of the surrounding canyons. Two more stops for Willow Spring trail to see the pictographs of hand prints left by Native Americans and the petroglyphs Wall, estimated to be at least 800 years old.
11/08/2023
About 24 kms west of Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon is a geological wonder located in the Mojave Desert Nevada. Its red sandstone formations, rugged cliffs sculpted by millions of years of erosion and its vibrant desert flora like the joshua tree, a native specie in the southwest if the US which makes it rare, make this a special place.
We drove through the Scenic Loop Road, along the way we stopped and hiked to admire the striking beauty of the red-orange sandstone Calico Hills. Another pullout we made for another short hike was the Sandstone Quarry Loop and part of the Turtlehead Peak trail which provides stunning panoramic views of the surrounding canyons. Two more stops for Willow Spring trail to see the pictographs of hand prints left by Native Americans and the petroglyphs Wall, estimated to be at least 800 years old.
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