Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area - Henderson, NV

Ken Chancey

Great experience! Started the hike about 8:30 am and took about 2.5 hours to complete. We saw lots of desert lizards on the trail, including a fierce looking little thing that mimicked a scorpion. Of course the petroglyphs were worth the hike, but the stars for us were the Bighorn Sheep and the Kit Fox, whose breakfast we interrupted.

The petroglyph trail takes you up a series of small, dry waterfalls that you need to crawl or climb up. It's not too challenging and the selfie background is pretty amazing. If you want an easier walk, the cowboy trail is the way to go. It will take you the "back way" to the petroglyphs. (The trail is well marked).

Do yourself a favor if you've never been here before and check in at the visitor contact center. The staff there was super helpful and knowledgeable about the trails.

fantasy Traveling (内华达老白)

在黄昏时分，Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area呈现出一种特殊而迷人的景观。这个保护区位于内华达州拉斯维加斯市附近，以其壮丽的自然景观和古老的岩画而闻名。

黄昏时分，太阳的余辉将整个保护区笼罩在温暖的橙色和粉红色的光芒中。这时，山脉、峡谷和沙丘的轮廓被勾勒出来，形成了一个宛如画卷的景象。

此外，黄昏时分也是观赏野生动物的好时机。在Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area，你有可能会看到鹰、鹿、兔子等各种野生动物在这个美丽的自然环境中活动。

如果你是摄影爱好者，黄昏时分也是捕捉美丽瞬间的绝佳时机。你可以利用夕阳的柔和光线，拍摄壮丽的自然风光和岩画的细节。

无论是追求大自然的宁静，还是欣赏美丽的景色和野生动物，黄昏时分的Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area都能给你带来难忘的体验。记得带上相机和舒适的鞋子，尽情探索这个迷人的保护区吧！

Diana Ciuca

Soft gravel! Cool temps! No people!

Couldn’t find the petroglyphs because of some boulders to climb over…

Bring a friend and some water.

Allan Kirch

Hiked the petroglyph trail on a weekday and met only one other couple. The parking lot is closed for construction but there is room to pull off the road at the entrance. You have to hike the entrance road but it only adds about three quarters of a mile to a round trip. There is a loop in the petroglyph trail which I would suggest to hike clockwise. There is some scrambling over boulders that are easier to go up rather than down.

ASH Interactive

Had an outstanding experience hiking the loop today. Spend about 2 hours, ~3 mile hike there total. We are novices from the Midwest so some points got our heart rates up, some mild climbing, definitely not ADA accessible, but brought water/snacks and took some shady breaks. Felt like a solid accomplishment for our group. Took lots of photos.

Extremely kind and helpful volunteers under a tent at the parking lot - no visitor center/etc but it didn’t matter. Some porta potties on site if needed.

E B

This is probably one of the cleanest trails Ives walk. Nice trail easy to moderate. Views are great and the petroglyphs add to its charm. Only thing there isn’t a lot of parking get there as soon as it opens if not cars are allowed to park at the bottom of the driveway almost a mile. They have portajohns at the beginning of the trail.

Monique Jones

Such a cool spot and hardly anyone was on the trials. We were here on a Thursday, midday. They have bathrooms at the bottom where you park and they were clean and kept up. No graffiti and plenty of TP.

Trails were clean and well marked. We actually did 2 different trials as this place is huge. First was McCullough Hills the 2nd was Petroglyph Canyon.

McCullough Hills I believe was more for mountain bikes but we did see a couple coming up walking while heading out. View from up top is stellar. Not too difficult of a trail either.

Petroglyph Canyon is an amazing place with great things to see. I didn’t mark our time but I think round trip it took us about an hour. We did stop a lot to take in the sites. The part right before you see the petroglyphs is pretty tricky and it’s probably best not to do alone. Kinda steep and I’m short 5’ 2” so it was difficult for me to climb up. We did see mountain goats, but other than that no other wildlife.

James Vandyke

Great hike, been there a few times but find new trails every time. I will say its clean most of the time but once or twice have picked up a few trash items. But the flowers bloom and the rock structures are beautiful. There are lots of places to lose footing so i would recommend very nice high top hiking boots! We bring our dog and he is very active outdoors, being said he knows his way around i wouldn't bring a dog who's not well footed. No shade unfortunately.