4 - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

  • First Creek Canyon
    First Creek Canyon
    Our hike crossed this and other washes.
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5062
    Larry L. Jackson
  • First Creek Canyon
    First Creek Canyon
    One of the washes along the trail.
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5063
    Larry L. Jackson
  • First Creek Canyon
    First Creek Canyon
    The hike goes into the distant canyon.
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5065
    Larry L. Jackson
  • First Creek Canyon
    First Creek Canyon
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5069
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Desert Tortoise
    Desert Tortoise
    Gopherus agassizii
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5078
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calico Hills
    Calico Hills
    Obviously these are the rocks the park is named for.
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5082
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calico Hills
    Calico Hills
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5083
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calico Hills
    Calico Hills
    Interesting layered rocks.
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5088
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calico Hills
    Calico Hills
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5090
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calico Hills
    Calico Hills
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5097
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strawberry Hedgehog
    Strawberry Hedgehog
    Echinocereus engelmannii - a wide spread specie.
    Icebox Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5100
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dry Wash
    Dry Wash
    Icebox Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5101
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Juniper Mistletoe
    Juniper Mistletoe
    Phoradendron juniperinum - a parasite.
    Icebox Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5103
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Icebox Canyon
    Icebox Canyon
    Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5107
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Sagebrush Lizard
    Northern Sagebrush Lizard
    Sceloporus graciosus graciosus
    Icebox Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, October 29, 2012
    2012-10-29#5111
    Larry L. Jackson