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The American West Travelogue offers commentary and information on great travel destinations in the American West,
accompanied by thousands of beautiful photographs. Our focus is on outdoor recreation and beautiful scenery,
but we also include many cultural, educational, historical and lifestyle features, in order to show the
diversity of the American West.
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New from American West Travelogue
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Nevada's oldest state park, Valley of Fire State Park preserves a starkly beautiful section of the Mojave Desert noted for its brilliantly red sandstone formations including cliffs and petrified sand dunes. as well as outstanding wildlife. The red color is enhanced late in the day, near sunset. There are also petrified logs, ancient petroglyphs and, if you are lucky, superb wildlife viewing. On our recent visit, we got lucky, seeing superb, brilliant colors right before sunset and a herd of bighorn sheep close to the road, right after sunset. (More...)
Recent Features
FEATURE STORY - Kicks on Historic Route 66, America's most beloved highway. This is a diverse three-part story with many great photos! In Part 1, we tour a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert and see the Ghosts of Route 66. Part 2 explores Northwest Arizona where the Mother Road is alive and well with much to see and do. In Part 3, I relive my own long-ago sentimental journey across the country in Historic Route 66: Personal Remembrances, Then and Now.
The Wave - "Stone Tsunami in a Sandstone Ocean".
You need to get lucky to visit the magnificent Wave in Coyote Buttes North of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, one of the world's most well-known and surreal landscapes. Hikers and photographers from all over the world fight for the scarce permits. Our winter adventure took us into a unique world of slickrock and sandstone where the strange and wonderful are commonplace. Read our story which also contains some fabulous photography!
From guest contributor, Michael O'Hearn,
Alaska, for the First Time. Alaska is a name to conjure with – to those who have never been, it suggests wilderness, prospecting for gold, glaciers, bears... It's an enormous place, too big to take it all in one trip. We began with grandiose plans, but soon discovered that time and money limitations suggested our first trip be a one-week cruise along the southeastern Alaskan coast. It turned out to be a wonderful appetizer, introducing us to an area that we hope to revisit... (More)
The Paria Canyon / Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Guide has been updated and expanded, including two new, printable maps. The guide has information for the Wave, Coyote Buttes North and South, Buckskin Gulch, and Paria Canyon.
The Las Vegas Area Travel Guide has been updated and reorganized. It has a new and better map, an easier to use format, and additional detail. More information has been added for the City of Las Vegas, Historic Route 66, and Death Valley National Park. The guide focuses primarily on outdoor opportunities for Las Vegas visitors, and includes destinations in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California. Notable Las Vegas city attractions also included. Adjacent guides also updated: Northern Arizona and Southern Utah.
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Outdoor Travel News
- Free Entrance Days in National Parks. Includes dates in January, April, June, September, and November.
- Celebrate the Homestead Act's 150th Anniversary at Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska. The NPS is also looking for homesteaders or descendants who filed claims under the Homestead Act of 1862. The goal is to locate and record the experiences of remaining homesteaders before the opportunity is lost.
- Cottonwood Campground and Cottonwood Spring Oasis in Joshua Tree National Park will remain closed as repairs to the campground and area trails have not yet been completed. The campground is scheduled to reopen on February 17, 2012.
- The Furnace Creek Campground in Death Valley National Park will close February 1, 2012 for the replacement of the sewer and water lines. The project is scheduled to take several months to complete.
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