Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Welcome to REDROCK.ORG, the unofficial web site for Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (RRNCA). Located just a short drive west of the Las Vegas Strip, with its glittering hotels, world-class restaurants, and unmatched entertainment choices, Red Rock Canyon is an oasis in a neon desert.

Red Rock Canyon Activities

You can go horseback riding in the morning and have a Red Rock wedding in the afternoon; you can bring the family out for a picnic, and pet the wild burros that line the road just at feeding time.

The Red Rock Canyon area is, arguably, the most beautiful area in Nevada—perhaps the southwest. Whether you are a rock climber, a hiker, a rock hound, or just appreciate the beauty of wild horses, bighorn sheep, and wild burros roaming free, this part of Nevada is just for you. View a slide-show of some of the Canyon's natural wonders here, or enjoy some photos of Blue Diamond from the air courtesy of a local pilot.

There's also a hiking map of the Red Rock Loop.

A Living History

The private residential communities of Blue Diamond and Calico Basin are located within Red Rock's boundaries, as well as Spring Mountain Ranch and Bonnie Springs Ranch.

Blue Diamond and Calico Basin, as well as the Spring Mountain and Bonnie Springs Ranches can be explored via satellite imaging from GOOGLE MAPS; and home and property values in Blue Diamond and Calico Basin are available from ZILLOW.COM. Use the web sites' controls to expand your area of view to encompass all of the Canyon.

Blue Diamond, Nev. A Company Town

Blue Diamond is a unique community. A former "company town," it was owned by the Blue Diamond Mine, which allowed only employees to live in its houses. A brief history, including some photographs from the 1940s, can be found here.

Pave Paradise And Put Up A Parking Lot — NOT!

Finally, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (RRNCA) is a precious resource, to be enjoyed by anybody who appreciates the beauty of unspoiled natural areas. Unfortunately, commercial developers as well as home builders have come to recognize its value as well. Over the past few years (most recently the summer of 2002) efforts were made to despoil the area with such blemishes as a 900-space RV park in 1997 and in 2002 an 8,400-home master-planned community—actually within the park itself. Environmentalists, residents, tourists, and concerned citizens confronted both foreign and local developers and won.

Because REDROCK.ORG has been a nexus for anti-development forces as well as a proactive player, the issues area of the site is an archive of the political, economic, and other forces that clashed in 1997 and 2002.