Entrance Valley of Fire
This truly unique place totals 46,000 acres and is located only 50 to 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas (depending on the route taken), and just east of the Overton Arm of Lake Mead NRA. Valley of Fire is a place of rare beauty to which people have been attracted to for thousands of years. This is evidenced by the large number of Petroglyphs found in several places throughout this park.
The Valley of Fire was once the bottom of a deep ocean basin that eventually to become part of a vast desert which existed about 150 to 180 million years ago.
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
