All coordinates and/or mileages are approximate
| Calico Basin / Red Springs: Site is accessible by passenger car. |
| Calico is on the way to the
Red Rock Conservation area. Going west on Charleston
Blvd. from
the intersection of Hwy 215 (the Las Vegas Beltway) and
Charleston Blvd., stay on Charleston and go approximately 3.9
miles. On the right you will see a sign for Red
Springs / Calico Basin. Turn right on Calico Basin Rd.
and continue a short distance to the Red Springs picnic
area parking lot. There is a new "Boardwalk" circling
the grounds. Go to the far side of the walkway next to
the hill. From here you will see a couple of large
rocks with petroglyphs on them. There are other petroglyphs
high up on the hill as well as near the base and they are
scattered along the hill for several hundred yards.
When standing on the walk, start scanning the hill in front
of you; it will not be long before you start seeing them. |
| You can either cross over the fence or go around to get access to the hillside. The petroglyphs in this area are on several types of rocks and on horizontal and vertical surfaces. |
This is looking down from one of the petroglyphs towards the boardwalk and parking area.
Below are photographs of vandalism that occurred during October 2006. The part of the boardwalk shown below is out of frame to the right in the photo above.
This rock has once again been hit
If you observe any damage or vandalism occurring at a site, please call the BLM Resource Protection hotline (800) 722-3998. All of us need to help take the responsibility to protect our public lands. If we don't, more and more public areas will be closed and none of us wants that. Help by being a "steward" of the site that you are visiting.
| Click here to view Calico Basin Petroglyphs on our other web site | |
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