When we see another post of canyons or mountains most people may say .... ohhh...noooo...not another canyon/mountain post but for me been a lover of nature loving mountains and rock formations can never get enough and i would think it would be fair to say that most people are nature lovers , myself i could spend weeks , months , years traveling around the world hiking canyons , mountains and valleys because each one has it's our characteristics and beauties. Here i am going to present to you the amazing Red Rock Canyon in Nevada.
We were on our way to Las Vegas and had decided to make a stop over at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area which is only 40 km west of the Las Vegas Strip the cost of entering this red rock canyon was $15 US per/car and $5 US per/person the area of red rock canyon encompasses just under 200,000 acres of natural beauty most tourist are not only attracted here for the rock climbing , mountain biking, camping or wildlife viewing but also because of in the way these mountains change color to a fiery red look as the sun rays shine on these huge rocks which are mainly made up of iron , thus been called "Red Rock Canyon".
You can drive through Red Rock Canyon which has a 20 km scenic drive allowing you to see the highs and lows of this amazing canyon the main road which we drove on was called Mouse's Tank Road it curved all the way through these rocky formations allowing us to see all these astounding beautiful views.
We eventually stop at a viewpoint called Keystone Thrust we parked the 4WD , there are many spots along this scenic drive that you can just park your car hope out and go for a little hike as what we did this trail was less then 2 km and it was going to lead us over to the other side of this huge red cliff mountain at a higher level so we could not only see the depth of the canyon but also catch the sunset at this point on this mountain we were about 915 meters ( 3,000 feet ) above sea level a awesome viewing point of the canyon.
Walking along this trail was absolutely breath taking the variousness of sand , stone , river bed and vegetation was almost other worldly when you see red caves in smooth stone was like out of Star Wars and making it to this view point of this mountain was just again like looking across the red planet Mars we were awestruck with the beauty of this place. Definitely a hikers paradise your choice of trails , your level of difficulty.
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