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The Rocky Gap Road in Red Rock Canyon NCA is a side canyon accessible only by an unmaintained primitive road from the scenic loop which mostly only off-road or high-clearance vehicles can access. State Route 159 cuts through the Cottonwood Valley, also a side trail of the Old Spanish Trail.
Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres (19,000 ha) located 16 miles (26 km) south of Overton, Nevada. [4] The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone , which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago. [ 5 ]
The Aztec Sandstone is an Early Jurassic geological formation of primarily eolian sand from which fossil pterosaur tracks have been recovered. [4] The formation is exposed in the Mojave Desert of Arizona, California and Nevada.
Red Rock Canyon is characterized by a series of canyons and parallel, sandstone ridges, (called “hogbacks”) sculpted by erosion by the area’s uplifted strata. The park contains 1,474 acres ...
Red Rock Canyon; Valley of Fire State Park. Elephant Rock; Fire Wave (similar to but smaller than The Wave in Arizona) Natural Arch (collapsed in 2010) New Hampshire
Elephant Rock is composed of Aztec Sandstone which formed as lithified sand dunes in a desert about 180–190 million years ago during the Early Jurassic. [6] Precipitation runoff from the landform drains east to Lake Mead via Thomas Wash and Valley of Fire Wash. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 120 feet (37 meters) above the ...
Red Rock Canyon State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California which features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park consists of approximately 27,000 acres (110 km 2) within the Mojave Sector of the Tehachapi District of the California State Park System, and is located along State Highway 14 in Kern County, about 80 miles (129 km) east of Bakersfield ...
Red Rock Road: 8.8 14.2 South boundary of Red Rock Canyon NCA near Blue Diamond: East boundary of Red Rock Canyon NCA in Las Vegas: 1995: Follows SR 159 through the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area west of Las Vegas in Clark County. South Las Vegas Strip: 4.5 7.2 Russell Road in Paradise: Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas: 1995