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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 ]
Elephant Rock is located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of downtown Las Vegas in the Valley of Fire State Park near the park's east entrance. The landform is one of the most photographed attractions within the park. [4] It is set in the Mojave Desert and it is one of the most famous sandstone features in Nevada. [5]
South of Overton, the highway into Valley of Fire state park (formerly a part of Nevada State Route 169, decommissioned in 2001) branches off west. Overton is located on the former St. Thomas branch of Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad which runs along the Moapa Valley, from north to south. The construction of the branch started in 1911 from ...
However, as of 2020, the portion of Valley of Fire Road within the state park boundaries is still maintained by NDOT as a state park road. [11] A 10.5-mile (16.9 km) section of the Valley of Fire Road—the portion between the west and east entrances to the state park—was designated a Nevada Scenic Byway on June 30, 1995. [12]
Two female hikers were found dead in Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park on Saturday afternoon, state police say.
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The valley is a small valley basin located between two bordering mountain ranges. The Bitter Spring Wash exits east-northeastwards into the Overton Arm of Lake Mead, at Echo Bay, Nevada. The Valley of Fire State Park lies adjacent north, on the north side of the Muddy Mountains.
The Park Fire devastating Butte County became California’s largest wildfire in recorded history caused solely by arson, state officials said, after police arrested 42-year-old Ronnie Stout on ...