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The Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs are located in Grapevine Canyon on Spirit Mountain near Laughlin, Nevada, and are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. [1] The area is also known as Christmas Tree Pass . [ 2 ]
Spirit Mountain Wilderness Area is a 33,518-acre (13,564 ha) wilderness area located in the Newberry Mountains in Clark County, Nevada, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Laughlin. [2] Spirit Mountain lies within the area. [3] [4] It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service.
The area is in the homeland of the Yuman people. Yuman and Mojave people believe all life began on this mountain, which is visible for miles from Bullhead City in Arizona, Needles in California, and Laughlin, Cal-Nev-Ari, and Searchlight in Nevada. Descendants of the first Native Americans to reside in the area still live on the Fort Mojave ...
It is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places as a sacred place to Native American tribes in Southern Nevada. [11] Spirit Mountain is the highest point in the Spirit Mountain Wilderness [ 2 ] [ 12 ] and is the highest point in the Newberry Mountains with the summit peak at 5,639 feet (1,719 m).
Grapevine Canyon is located in the Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area [1] and the Spirit Mountain Wilderness within Lake Mead National Recreation Area. [2] The canyon contains the Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs and is accessible from Nevada State Route 163 which leads to Lower Grapevine Canyon Road.
[20] [21] Solar power developers requested that an area near Laughlin, Nevada, be excluded for the proposed 2,500 acre, 400 MW Angora Solar Project, which would have transmission to the former Mohave Power Station, [22] [23] [20] but this carve-out was not included in the final monument designation. [24]
Seeing the petroglyphs in person is a different experience, he said, from say, seeing depictions in a museum or photos. Seeing them in person gives a viewer a sense of the history and the ...
1.15 Nevada. 1.16 New Mexico. 1.17 North Carolina. 1.18 North Dakota. 1.19 ... Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area; Tim Springs Petroglyphs; Valley of Fire State ...