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Southern Nevada

Southern Nevada, including the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Gold Butte National Monument, Valley of Fire State Park, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, and sections of Lake Mead National Recreation Area

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Hidden Forest Cabin

Hidden Forest Cabin

Nestled deep within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge of southern Nevada is the historic Hidden Forest Cabin. This rustic log cabin, built in the late 1800s, has stood witness to the area's rich history and now serves as a remote refuge for hikers and nature enthusiasts. The Hidden

Valentine and Anchor Mines

Valentine and Anchor Mines

We finally went to a couple of mines I’ve wanted to visit for years. We were surprised to find such extensive mines and tramways. They weren’t easy to reach. We had to hike up and down a few cliffs to reach both mines. I hear the Anchor is

21 Goats Petroglyphs

21 Goats Petroglyphs

Alysia and I had some time to get out, so we went in search of this very interesting panel of petroglyphs. The weather wasn’t cooperating with us on this day in 2011, and we had to wait for a small but very windy snowstorm to pass. We even heard

Dancing Man Petroglyphs

Dancing Man Petroglyphs

We met up with some friends to poke around a surprisingly nice petroglyph site in an empty corner of the Nevada desert. The black basalt ridge where all the petroglyphs are located doesn’t look like anything special from a distance, but that changes when you get close and hike

Cupule Cave

Cupule Cave

While on a trip with the late great Roger Mitchell, we stopped to visit a little boulder cave in the Mojave Desert. The cave is only a few feet long, but a large, flat granite boulder is in the center. Its surface is covered with cupules and edges polished smooth

New Years Mine

New Years Mine

The mine was a minor producer of zinc, lead, silver, and gold. It was first located in 1913 but wasn’t worked until 1915. It was active only for a few short years and idle by 1918. The mine workings here are fairly small, but the mill near the top

Shenandoah Mine

Shenandoah Mine

Ed and I took a trip in 2014 to Nevada to check out an interesting little mine that I had passed up before. I have visited some of the other mines in this district but overlooked this one in a small side canyon. The mine worked an ore body that