Pine Creek Trailhead

Beautiful backdrop; quiet peaceful sunny and warm. A good hike. Someone tell the birds to show up.

One of my favorite, lots of water.

It is fascinating how different the hikes are in red rock Canyon. This one was much more lush and beautiful and we had a tremendous more variety of color with the different plants trees and colorful rocks. The day we went it was snowing pretty hard, so visibility was a little more limited but even so we could tell it was extremely colorful. And the hike was far more easy than the other aggressive hikes that we took and there’s an old Homestead if you walk back on the trail far enough.

Short drive from Las Vegas. Beautiful scenery and lots of trails for hiking. If you have the time I would highly recommend the Valley of Fire, about an hour in the other direction from downtown but much more colorful.

Red Rock is not as high profile as the well-known NPs of the West, but it's a crime not to visit it while you're in Vegas. A short drive will take you to a wondrous myriad of rock-soil-sky colors that together form a unique experience. Good infrastructure and a fair number of great hiking trails.