Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV
N 36° 09.730 W 115° 26.975
11S E 639454 N 4003049
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a popular rock climbing area located about 15 miles west of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Waymark Code: WM7TK9
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2009
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According to the
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area website, "Red Rock Canyon NCA is one of the finest rock climbing areas in the world. Red Rock Canyon NCA is a specially managed area administered by the Las Vegas Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management."
Rockclimbing.com touts Red Rock Canyon as the "home of some of the best sandstone climbing in the world."
The posted coordinates are for the Calico Hills, one of several popular rock climbing areas in Red Rock Canyon. During our visit, we were fortunate enough to observe and photograph a rockclimber in the Calico Hills area.
A list of some of the more well known traditional climbs at Red Rock Canyon are available at Wikipedia.