Nevada's Red Rock Canyon : The Story Behind the Scenery

Nevada's Red Rock Canyon offers both dramatic vistas and detailed close-up views, the space and openness of the desert give the visitor an opportunity to blend with nature, to see its history revealed in rocks, plants and animals.

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area, a unit of the Bureau of Land Management, under the Department of the Interior, is located west of Las Vegas, Nevada and was established in 1967.