Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area – AKA Grapevine Canyon

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11/01/2012 Trip Notes: As you can see from the map (Fig. 01), Grapevine Canyon, Sacatone Canyon and the Granite Outcrops are all within the boundaries of the Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area. This 7,761 acre wilderness area is best know for, and often referred to as, Grapevine Canyon, the site of one of the most prolific rock art findings in Nevada. Depending upon how much time you want to dedicate, each of these locations provides its own unique hiking and exploration opportunities. As a result, I have divided this post into three separate sections, one for each location.

Section I – Grapevine Canyon

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As one of the premiere petroglyphs sites in Nevada, this location deserves the most time if you are trying to hike all three of the locations noted above. The view in (Fig. 02) above is looking up toward the ridge-line at the top of the canyon wash and at the large cypress trees and grapevines for which the canyon is named. Because I have been here on at least four separate occasions in the past, and the fact that there is so much to photograph here, I have created several individual posts for this spot, all of which can be accessed by clicking the following link … Grapevine Canyon Hikes - Inside The Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area.

Section II – Sacatone Canyon

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10/16/2014 Trip Notes: My latest trip to the Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area resulted in a hike between the Sacatone Canyon and Grapevine Canyon. Instead of adding info and pictures for this hike here, I decided this time to create a separate page. Click here for additional information and pictures on this hike  ... Trip Notes for 10/16/2014 (Sacatone Canyon). 01/31/2013 Trip Notes: On a recent trip to the Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area with the rock-hounds from the Heritage Park Senior Facility, I decided to skip the hike to Grapevine Canyon and concentrate more on the Scatone Canyon. Instead of adding info and pictures for this hike here, I decided this time to create a separate page. Click here for additional information and pictures … Sacatone Canyon - Inside Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area. 11/01/2012 Trip Notes: When you enter Christmas Tree Pass Road from Route 163, the Sacatone Wash, a marked turnoff, is only about a mile past the turnoff that takes you to the Grapevine Canyon parking area and trailhead. Though we have made a couple of rather short stops here, I don’t think anyone from our group has walked far enough up this wash to find any petroglyphs, even though I my Internet research has indicated that there are some here. Obviously, it appears that they are nowhere near as prolific as those found at Grapevine Canyon. On our first trip here, several of us hiked south along the base of the mountains here all the way to Grapevine Canyon. Perhaps more time here on a future trip may reveal them. The granite formation in (Fig. 03) above is located on the top of the ridge-line just south of the top of the wash. Some think it looks like a dinosaur laying on its back – I think it looks like a hunched down rabbit. What do you see?

Section III – The Granite Outcrops

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Again, entering Christmas Tree Pass Road from Route 163, this rather large Granite Outcropping (Fig. 04) is only about a mile and a half past the Sacatone Wash turnoff at a point where Christmas Tree Pass Road turns and heads west towards its Route 95 entrance.  Though there are no marked trails here, one can find several well traveled paths that weave in and around these fascinating outcrops. Click here for additional information and pictures … The Granite Outcrops in the Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area.