Tag:valley of fire
I was wondering what to title this image. It’s a view east along Northshore Road in the Lake Mead Recreational Area. As I was looking at the road that winds its way through the desert hills I got to thinking this is no Roman road, with all its twists and turns. And then I got to thinking of the Thomas Hardy poem. Forty years on I can still recite the opening lines, “The Roman Road runs straight and bare as […]
Photo of Arch Rock, a natural formation in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
Another of my images from the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, about 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas. This is Rainbow Vista. As you travel through the park on Route 169 there’s a turnoff to the north to the Visitor Center. Continuing north, the road passes through some canyons before opening out onto this fantastic scene. The road in this view continues to the north to the hiking trails at Duck Rock and White Domes where it dead-ends. […]
So one of the most novel rock formations in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada is Elephant Rock – to the extent it’s featured in a line drawing on the front of the park brochure (pdf). Elephant Rock is plainly visible from Route 169, a couple of miles or so east of the Clark Memorialnear the eastern entrance to the park. As I recall, there’s no pull-off on the road and there’s a hill and blind curve so […]
This is a wide angle view of the Bowl of Fire. As the crow flies, it’s about 30 miles east of Las Vegas to the north side of Northshore Road in the Lake Mead National Recreational Area. While the work ‘fire’ might lead some to think it’s volcanic in origin, the red rocks are actually a sandstone that contrasts with the surrounding gray limestones. There are a number of trails that take you right up to the rocks where a […]
This image is of the memorial to Captain John Clark. Clark was a Civil War veteran who moved to California after the end of the war. He was found dead under his wagon on June 15, 1915, near this spot.
