Valley of Fire State Park - Nevada
Things to Do
Cities & Towns
Beatty, Nevada: 151 miles west.
Boulder City, Nevada: 53 miles southeast.
Glendale, Nevada: 27 miles north.
Henderson, Nevada: 49 miles southeast.
Las Vegas, Nevada: 45 miles southwest.
Laughlin, Nevada: 111 miles south.
Mesquite, Nevada: 51 miles northeast.
Overton, Nevada: 16 miles northeast.
Pioche, Nevada: 176 miles north.
St. George, Utah: 77 miles northeast.
Parks & Monument
Great Basin National Park: 126 miles north.
Death Valley National Park: 165 miles west.
Zion National Park: 119 miles northeast.
Beaver Dam State Park: 172 miles north.
Cathedral Gorge State Park: 163 miles north.
Echo Canyon State Park:185 miles north.
Floyd Lamb State Park: 50 miles south.
Spring Valley State Park: 192 miles north.
Recreation & Wilderness Areas
Lake Mead National Recreation Area: Adjoins the park.
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area: 75 miles west.
Ash Springs (BLM): 83 miles north.
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: 63 miles north.
Bitter Springs Back Country Byway (BLM): 5 miles west.
Desert National Wildlife Range (BLM): 20 miles north.
Gold Butte Back Country Byway (BLM): 22 miles west.
Sunrise Mountain Natural Area: 25 miles west.
Historic & Points of Interest
Clark County Heritage Museum (Henderson)
Las Vegas Natural History Museum (Las Vegas)
Lincoln County Historical Museum (Pioche)
Lost City Museum of Archaeology (Overton)
Nevada State Museum & Historical Society (Las Vegas)
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort SHP (Las Vegas)
Rhyolite Ghost Town (Beatty) Video
Zoological-Botanical Park (Las Vegas)
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Rhyolite, Nevada, a few miles west of Beatty, sprung up almost overnight after Shorty Harris and his partner Ernest Cross found gold in 1904. Rhyolite is located a little over six miles from the original gold discovery. It quickly grew into a city of brick and stone buildings. Today you can find several remnants of Rhyolite in its glory days, such as the old bank, schoolhouse, train station, and the famous bottle house.
Red Rock Canyon is less then an hour's drive west of Las Vegas and has many significant geologic features. The area is a good place to kick back and just enjoy nature's wonders. Take a look at the many interesting features of this Nevada State Park - it just might lure you away from the blackjack tables when you visit Las Vegas!
Laughlin - Lake Mohave -
The Davis Dam and Powerplant facility was constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in Pyramid Canyon, 67 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. The site is about 10 miles north of the point where Arizona, Nevada and California meet, and approximately 2 miles upstream from the Laughlin, Nevada/Bullhead City, Arizona, communities.
The Goldwell Art Museum
In 1984 a group of artists led by the late Albert Szukalski created several outdoor sculptures in the Mojave Desert, four miles west of Beatty, Nevada. View the ghostly figures of the Last Supper, a 25 foot high cinder block woman, and the elegant and imposing Icara in this video.
