Valley of Fire

Located a short drive from Las Vegas, Nevada’s Valley of Fire offers excellent hiking, panoramic desert vistas, and mysterious Native American petroglyphs. Click an image below to enlarge.

Nevada's Valley of Fire is the top tourism destination in the Las Vegas area. The state park has miles of trails and Native American petroglyphs.
My brother takes in the view at the Parkplatz Fire Wave parking area in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. The Fire Wave trailhead is across the road.
Thousands of years before the arrival of European colonizers to North America, Indigenous peoples carved these petroglyphs at Nevada's Valley of Fire.
I am shown walking into a slot canyon at White Domes in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. The park is located near the gambling mecca of Las Vegas.

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– Click to read my short story “Standing on Sacred Ground” about my visit to Nevada’s Valley of Fire on the National Day of Mourning.
– Click to view my high-resolution photo collection from Nevada’s Forty Mile Desert, which is home to the U.S. Navy’s legendary TOPGUN fighter pilot training program and the “Loneliest Road in America.”

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