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- Valley of Fire State Park. Nature of the Area. Valley of Fire State Park is located only six miles from Lake Mead and 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas via Interstate 15 and on exit 75. Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest and largest state park, dedicated 1935. The valley derives its name from the red sandstone formations and the stark beauty of the Mojave Desert.
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Yosemite Fire Information and Updates Meadow Fire. The Meadow Fire is burning in the greater Little Yosemite Valley area and is at 400 acres. All trails from the top of Nevada Fall to Merced Lake, including trails leading to that area, are closed.
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Tremors Perfection Valley, Nevada is a quaint little town. The inhabitants live peaceful, tranquil lives. Most of the time. Perfection is home to the Graboid, El Blanco. El Blanco is a 30-foot worm... See full summary ».
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Happy Valley  (TV series) Happy Valley is a British crime drama television series filmed and set in the Calder Valley. The series, starring Sarah Lancashire and Siobhan Finneran, is written and created by Sally Wainwright, and directed by Wainwright, Euros Lyn, and Tim Fywell. The first series debuted on BBC One on 29 April 2014, and the second series debuted on 9 February 2016.
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Great Basin National Park The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains. Topographically, this area is known as the Basin and Range Province. The park is located approximately 290 miles (470 km) north of Las Vegas and protects 77,180 acres (31,230 ha).
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Valley of Fire State Park With its official opening in 1935, Valley of Fire is considered Nevada's oldest state park. The park, which covers an area of almost 36,000 acres, gets its name from its fiery red sandstone.
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How the Valley fire exploded into one of the worst in California history FOR THE RECORD: In the Sept. 20 California section, an article about the evolution of Northern California's Valley fire included a statement by a Middletown resident who said he watched a patrolling law enforcement officer drive by and shoot his dog. The resident now says that he did not witness the shooting.
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31.0 Pilot Valley 31.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment. Pilot Valley is located in eastern Elko County north of Interstate 80 and east of State Route 233 near the Nevada-Utah state line.Pilot Valley is situated between the Toano and Pilot Mountain Ranges. Pilot Creek flows through the valley, along with several small drainages originating in the mountains.This community hazard assessment classifies Pilot Valley in the Moderate Hazard category (60 points).ilot Valley is situated between the Toano and Pilot Mountain Ranges. Pilot Creek flows through the valley, along with several small drainages originating in the mountains. This community hazard assessment classifies Pilot Valley in the Moderate Hazard category (60 points).
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Gold Hill, Nevada Gold Hill, Nevada: before 1900 (top) and in 2007. Both photos taken from (roughly) the same viewpoint. An open-pit mine was dug (ramp lower left, bottom photo) after 1900. Gold Hill is an unincorporated community in Storey County, Nevada, located just south and downhill of Virginia City. Incorporated December 17, 1862, in order to prevent its annexation by its larger neighbor, the town at one point was home to at least 8,000 residents.
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- The Sierra Nevada (/siˌɛrə nᵻˈvædə, -ˈvɑːdə/, Spanish:, snowy range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.
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- Green Valley Ranch is home to the best off the Strip entertainment, featuring world-class headliners and incredible concert venues. It's no wonder that so many Las Vegas locals rate our Henderson property as the top go to destination for live music.
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- Amargosa Valley, Nevada. An Unincorporated Town in Nye County, Nevada. Please take our Amargosa Days Survey to help us improve this event!-Online Survey. Download and print the survey to mail to the Town Office -Print & Mail Survey. For best viewing use Mozilla Firefox.
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- 25 Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community. I drove from Death Valley National Park through Nevada via Pyramid Lake and Gerlach NV and arrived in Cedarville CA and found the Sunrise Motel, an old fashioned motor lodge. It was a nice, friendly establishment after sleeping in a tent for more than a week.
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Amargosa Valley, Nevada Amargosa Valley, Nevada. For the geographic valley, see Amargosa Valley. Amargosa Valley (formerly Lathrop Wells) is an unincorporated town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Contents.
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- Valley of Fire State Park is awesome. It's just 40-50 miles or an hour drive outside of Vegas. You are driving through some desert-y mountains, and the out of the middle of nowhere, these huge red rock formations appear.
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San Joaquin Valley In popular culture. 1  The operations of the fictional Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club in the hit FX television show Sons of Anarchy, are centered in San Joaquin Valley, often referred to as Sanwa. 2  The surviving stronghold of civilization on the West Coast in popular Science-Fiction book Lucifer's Hammer.
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- State Park Nevada. Dedicated in 1935, Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest state park. It is located only 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The rough floor and jagged walls of the park contain brilliant formations of eroded sandstone and sand dunes more than 150 million years old.
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Valley of Fire Valley of Fire State Park is located in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. It abuts Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence. It lies in a basin 4 miles wide by 6 miles long, 15 miles southwest of Overton, Nevada.
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- The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is 23 miles from Brooks Camp. A daily bus tour is provided by the park concessioner, Katmailand, and is available for a fee. A ranger-naturalist provides information and will accompany you on an optional 3-mile hike into the Valley.
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Book of Mormon Geography: The river of Laman and valley of Lemuel Book of Mormon Geography: The river of Laman and valley of Lemuel The Book of Mormon claims that a valley can be found between 2 to 3 days from the northern-most shore of the Red Sea. The book specifically claims that the valley is close to the shore of the Red Sea, and that a river which runs through it empties directly into the sea.
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- (GPS Coordinates 39.392730,-119.714006) The Truckee Meadows is a north-south trending basin covering approximately 94 square miles in western Nevada. It is bounded on the west by the Carson Range, on the east by the Virginia Range, on the south by the Steamboat hills, and by Peavine Peak to the north.
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- The formations have been protected since 1935 when the gorge became a state park, one of the first four such places in Nevada. The park is 165 miles north of Las Vegas and 83 miles west of Cedar City in Utah.
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Las Vegas Day Trips From Las Vegas, take U.S. 93 South through Boulder City, turn left on Lakeshore Road (NV-166) to Lake Mead. To drive the scenic byway to Valley of Fire from Lake Mead, continue on Lakeshore Road and turn right on Northshore Road and then left on Valley of Fire Scenic Byway (NV-169).
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PENN VALLEY, NEVADA COUNTY, GOLD COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA LAND FOR SALE: 1 - 15 of 47 listings 317 Acres Penn Valley, Nevada County, California. $2,858,900. The Gates Ranch is a beautiful historic property in the Sierra Foothills. This 317 acre property nestled in Lazy Valley is an exceptional, unique, piece of Nevada County.
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Ron MacLean to replace Strombo on Hockey Night in Canada: Feschuk Ron MacLean to replace Strombo on Hockey Night in Canada: Feschuk. George Stroumboulopoulos was originally hired to draw younger viewers, but his ouster may mark a return to the show’s old ways. George Stroumboulopoulos won’t return as host of Hockey Night in Canada next season, sources tell the Star.