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This page last updated on 05/20/2020
This page last updated on 05/20/2020
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Directions: From St. Rose Parkway, turn south on Executive Airport Drive. Continue straight as Executive Airport Drive turns into Via Inspirada and curves sharply changing into Bicentennial Pkwy. Turn right onto Via Firenze, then turn left onto Savella Avenue. Turn right back onto Via Firenze. Paved road ends at Democracy Drive. Turn right onto Democracy Drive. Follow a short distance until you get to Nawghaw Poa Road is the first paved road to your left. Turn left onto Nawghaw Poa Road. The Sloan Canyon Visitor Contact Station is at the end of Nawghaw Poa Road in .7 miles. Nawghaw Poa means “mountain sheep trail” in Paiute (Fig. 02).
From the south edge of Henderson, Nawghaw Poa Road is accessed from Democracy Drive. For now, the best access is via Bicentennial Parkway and Via Firenze to Democracy Drive. From Democracy Drive. Nawghaw Poa Road runs south and passes through a gate where inbound traffic can be blocked. Outbound traffic can bypass the gate by driving over road spikes when exiting the area after the gate is closed. The paved Nawghaw Poa Road winds up the hillside for 0.7 miles to the parking lot and Visitor Contact Station at the trailhead. A paved bicycle and walking trail parallels the road. Note that Nawghaw Poa Road is open only when the contact station is open.
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Description of Area: Formed in 2002, the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area encompasses 48,438 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), located only a short distance south of Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada in the northwestern portion of the McCullough Mountain Range (Fig. 03). It surrounds an additional area that has been designated as the North McCullough Wilderness Area. The Sloan Canyon Petroglyph Site, found in the south western portion, is the centerpiece of this conservation area.
Background and History: The Sloan Canyon Petroglyph Site is one of the most significant cultural resources in Southern Nevada. Archaeologists believe its 318 recorded rock art panels with approximately 1,200 individual petroglyphs were created by native cultures from the Archaic to the historic era. Experts believe the earliest of these were made by ancestral Puebloans in the Archaic period, but other tribes may have continued to add petroglyphs in later years. Archaeological evidence suggests resources within Sloan Canyon may have been used as long ago as 7,000 years. It has been called the Sistine Chapel of Native American rock art due to their size and significance. For more information on Sloan Canyon, click the following link ... Study of Sloan Canyon's Rock Art.
Here is a summary page with more than 50 pictures of rock art that I have taken over the years visiting Sloan Canyon ... Rock Art Photos taken at Sloan Canyon NCA.
Trip Notes: Over the years I have visited this area several times. I believe my first visit was in 2012. Here are the pages with pictures and descriptions of these visits:
Here is a summary page with more than 50 pictures of rock art that I have taken over the years visiting Sloan Canyon ... Rock Art Photos taken at Sloan Canyon NCA.
Trip Notes: Over the years I have visited this area several times. I believe my first visit was in 2012. Here are the pages with pictures and descriptions of these visits:
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Sloan Canyon NCA Hikes - 01/21/2016 Trip Notes
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Sloan Canyon NCA Hikes - 05/19/2020 Trip Notes
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