The Atlas Obscura Guide To Mesquite

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Mesquite, Nevada

Updated August 7, 2026

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Unusual Attractions in Mesquite

The arrow, looking back toward arrow #31 by Moapa.

Mesquite, Nevada

Airmail Arrow #32 LA-SL

A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.

The gravesite.

Mesquite, Nevada

Davidson Family Gravesite

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

Donors for the 2016 redocumentation project.

Mesquite, Nevada

AZ-NV-UT Tri-State Monument

The junction point of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, resurveyed and remonumented in 2016

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The sinkhole.

Littlefield, Arizona

Cedar Pocket Sinkhole

An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.

15 miles from Mesquite

Double Negative’s north trench

Clark County, Nevada

Double Negative

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

20 miles from Mesquite

Big Foot petroglyph, with standing figure to right. The Big Foot is literally a representation of a bare human footprint, not the storied cryptid.

Clark County, Nevada

Black Butte Petroglyph Trail

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

21 miles from Mesquite

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