Rocks in Nevada

A granite primate with a view.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.