Sights at Valley of Fire Part 3
This is the final installment for Valley of Fire State Park. Here are the remaining few stops before I left for Zion National Park. I went to the Visitor Center to take a look at the history of the park. There is some pretty interesting information about Valley of Fire.
First up is the Atlatl Rock (I don’t know how to pronounce it properly. Is it At-la-tal?). This is an outstanding example of ancient Indian rock art or petroglyphs, including a depiction of atlatl, a notched stick used to throw primitive spear. It was said that the atlatl was a predecessor to the bow and arrow.
A staircase is built for us to view the art rock closely. At the top, you can see those petroglyphs on the rock. Pretty interesting.
Next feature is the best in the park- Arch Rock. From the name, you can imagine it to be some sort of a hanging bridge like one of the wall papers in Microsoft Vista. Not far from Atlatl Rock, you’ll be able to see Arch Rock on your left. It’s not easy to notice because the Arch is about 10-15 feet across only. I thought it was quite big like 30-40 feet.
Don’t you agree that the view is simply fabulous? The two-mile scenic loop road provides views of the Valley’s most interesting rock formations.
My final stop was Beehives. Unusual sandstone formations weathered by the eroding forces of wind and water which made them literally looked like giant beehives.
The same goes to this picture. It was near the Beehives but I feel that it looked resembles Sphinx.
In conclusion, although the park is small and the stops at those places are short (unless you really plan to do trail there); Valley of Fire State Park offers amazing sights of rock formations. See them with your own eyes and admire the wonder of nature. I’ll show you more of great nature sights in Zion, Grand Canyon and Death Valley.
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