User:Tillman/Little Finland
Little Finland (also known as Hobgoblin’s Playground and Devil’s Fire) is a scenic redrock area, located in a remote section of Clark County, Nevada south of Mesquite, known for its redrock scenery and strangely-shaped, delicate rock formations. The landscape is similar to Valley of Fire State Park, which is about 20 miles (30 km) to the west, across Lake Mead. The rock formations are composed of red Navajo Sandstone, fossil sand dunes. [1] Many of the features are small erosional fins, hence the name.
Little Finland is accessible via the BLM Gold Butte Backcountry Byway, [2] which also goes through the historic mining town of Gold Butte, Nevada, established in 1908. Other nearby attractions include Whitney Pockets, another scenic redrock area with petroglyphs, and the Devils Throat, a sinkhole. [1] The Gold Butte region is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Gold Butte area has seven BLM-designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).[3] [4] A proposal to further protect the Gold Butte area was introduced to Congress by Senator Harry Reid in 2013. [5]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Nevada magazine, May/June 2012
- ^ BLM Gold Butte Backcountry Byway at BLM
- ^ ACEC designations, Gold Butte
- ^ BLM ACEC map
- ^ Gold Butte National Conservation Area with Wilderness Act introduced at Friends of Gold Butte, June 6, 2013
See also[edit]
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
- Lime Canyon Wilderness [1]
- Jumbo Springs Wilderness [2]
External links[edit]
[[Category:Clark County, Nevada] [[Category:Rock formations in Nevada] [[Category:Bureau of Land Management areas in Nevada]