Wherever there's glitz, there's Kate Maddox. Follow the signs to the Valley of Fire. Contrasting with surrounding grey limestone mountains, the firey rocks stand out in the desert. The Valley of Fire rock formations formed millions of years by a shift in the earth's crust, faulting and wind and water erosion.
Visitors can see rock domes, beehives, pillars and other formations.
B.C. Indian cultures lived near Lake Mead and made frequent trips to the valley for hunting, food gathering and religious ceremonies until the 19th century. Rock petrogylphs give park visitors a glance at their lives. From the road visitors can see Arch Rock, the Beehives and Piano Rock, all named for their shape. A quarter-mile hike from the road is Mouse's Tank, a natural basin in the rocks where water collects after a rainfall. The area was named after a renegade Indian who used it as a hideout in the 1890s.