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There are a lot of areas of the Southwest where red rocks are prevalent, but this National Conservation Area is just 15 miles west of Las Vegas and visible from the Strip.
The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, United States, is an area managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, and protected as a National Conservation Area. It is about 15 miles (24 km) west of Las Vegas. More than three million people visit the area each year.
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