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Mount Charleston, Nevada

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Top Hiking Spots in and near Mount Charleston

  • Boulder City, Nevada

    Goldstrike Hot Springs

    4.5
    4.54 mi / 1293 ft gain
    The first mile is flat and deceivingly easy as you walk under a highway bridge and in between looming canyon walls. But don't get too comfortable -- at around the 1.5 mile mark you will reach the first of eight ropes along the trail and the challenge begins. You will need to use these ropes to ...
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  • Boulder City, Nevada

    Hike the Boy Scout Hot Spring Trail

    5.0
    7.6 mi / 3297 ft gain
    This trail is also accessible from the Colorado River just below the Hoover Dam. Walk through wash from the river then enter a slot canyon and encounter numerous waterfalls. There are anchored ropes to assist in climbing up some of the waterfalls.  The trail features a hot spring, and is typical...
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  • Tecopa, California

    Hike the Amargosa River Trail

    8.9 mi / 561 ft gain
    Explore the beauty of the Mojave Desert and its wide-open tranquil spaces with this easy 5 mile hike beginning in the parking lot at the China Ranch Date Farm. This is a primitive trail that follows the historic T&T railroad grade, through Amargosa Canyon with washed out remnants of the old t...
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  • Clark County, Nevada

    Hike the Bowl of Fire in the Muddy Mountains Wilderness

    8 mi / 500 ft gain
    The Bowl of Fire, tucked away in the Muddy Mountains Wilderness, is made up of the same dramatic conglomerate as that of the Valley of Fire, only almost no-one stops to visit as they blitz by on Northshore Road in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.To get there take the Northshore Road 16 mil...
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