Seeing Las Vegas from Arizona via the Lake Mead Mine Roads
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2024
- Las Vegas was once part of the Arizona Territory, but now it sits firmly in Nevada. Even though Arizona can no longer lay claim to Nevada's biggest city, there is still one place that you can drive to in Arizona where you can get a glimpse of the Las Vegas Strip, over 20 miles away.
In this video we head to the Arizona portion of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and travel into the park's backcountry by way of some old mine roads to get to Indian Pass, where you can get a view of Sin City.
Along the way we will pass through Petroglyph Wash, see the remains of a number of old mines, and see numerous helicopters ferrying people between Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.
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About 10 years ago, I went up that same road and got to the top of one of those peaks. I camped there for a week. It was truly magical.
Top notch narration along with the enjoyable "background" music.
Thank you.
@@SidetrackAdventures I believe most people are wrong about petroglyphs and cave paintings
Just like today it’s the kids drawing on the walls and bored teenagers tagging the pictures on the rocks 🪨 . LoL 😂
Thanks for another great video 👍
I was skeptical about wanting to even watch this (who the heck cares about seeing the Las Vegas Strip?), but as usual you failed to disappoint. Petroglyphs, Lake Mead, old mine roads, and grand views -- well worth the 14 minutes of my morning spent.
Seeing the strip from 20 miles away is probably better than seeing it up close lol
@@SidetrackAdventures Ain't that the truth! I live in Overton, Nevada and I avoid Vegas as much as possible!
"Because nothing say's Kingman, Az. like the sights of The Ocean" 🤣🤣🤣 And We're Off And Running on another fun filled and informative Sidetrack Adventure! You and your family are the best Steve! Awesome trips and discoveries, views, Legend Stories of the past, characters named and unnamed and very cool sites of nature! As you have mentioned in the past, your Wife is a great sport for putting up with your hilarious humor but it is a must in making these videos! Really is a stunner to find out that Las Vegas was once part of Arizona! As a kid, my family did the Routh 40 drive WITH a Triple A Trip Tik and we stayed at the Kingman Holiday Inn for a couple of nights! Great memory! Thank You Steve & Family! MOO from COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋
The opening part made me think of the song that goes “I got, ocean front property in ariiiizonaaaaaaa” 😂😂
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I spent a week one night in Kingman 😮😉
@@GringoLoco1 Kramer is Saluting you as Newman laughs!🤣
Thank you. I always stay at the same hotel in Kingman, so I'm sure I've made this same joke about the waves before. It always cracks me up that is the decor they went with.
I've become addicted to your uploads. I'm from the western US as well and travel here is core to my heart. The places you go to are so off the beaten path, I would never have known about so many. I have so many new places to visit, keep it up!!!
Thank you, I appreciate it.
I grew up in Las Vegas, but left 40 years ago. I really am enjoying your trips in the southwest. It would have been spectacular to have been able to stay overnight. If the clouds cleared, I bet the stars would have been better than the Strip. Thank you for this.
Thank you for another epic adventure in some very out of the way part of America. For a lot of Americans who follow Steve, I'm in New Zealand and find his videos excellent for showing the real America. Not the typical tourist trap places like L A city, the empire state building etc. Steve shows the small places that miss the tourists and has more history. I've said it before and keep saying it, Steve is an excellent tourist guide
Thanks, I appreciate it. I figure there are enough videos on all those famous places already!
@@SidetrackAdventures they're over rated over priced tourist traps. The places you go to are area's that are down to earth people and places that are happy to talk about local area's and help tourists
There's some guy in Vegas looking up at the mountains thinking, 'Why's that guy way over there filming me?' Great video Steve. 👍
Thanks for reminding me of a place I had forgotten about. Forty years ago the Old Mine Road (as we called it then) was where a group of us from Orange County would camp out often and the views of Las Vegas down the mountain were just a bonus. It does get awfully windy at night though and somewhere down that hill are the remains of several tents I had back then. Great video Steve and keep up the good work!
I wonder if being from Orange County is germaine to the fact that you left litter in the desert.
@@arthurlevine1840 I do NOT condone littering in any way but at the same time when I was camping at the lookout during the Reagan administration I was not entirely in my right mind (as was most of the friends I was with). And when a 40 mph gust of wind blows an old Army surplus pup tent into a deep canyon at 3 AM and shreds it to small pieces I’m sorry for being disinclined to retrieve said tent in a timely manner. I’m sure that in the intervening years the cotton canvas has become one with the desert and the odd brass grommet would be overlooked in a close inspection. So please step down from your high horse and move on from my inadvertent covering of the Lake Mead area with cast off fabrics.
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I thank you so much for these traveling videos, especially out in the desert like that! I've never been out in the desert but I had plans on taking a one week trip out to Canyonlands then the pandemic hit! And then a year later I got injured, so I can't go at all! That's why I appreciate these so much you take me where I can't go anymore!!
Once again thank you for all your efforts🤗😎🤗😎
Thank you.
Oh yes, coffee and adventure in the morning! Thank you Steve and family for doing all of these trips . It’s awesome and that is an amazing view..
Thank you.
Cool! I visited Oatman a few weeks ago, the area is great for hiking. Also, I stayed at Laughlin and did a few hikes in the area. Spirit Wilderness has awesome petroglyphs.
I went to Oatman briefly the next day, but since it was a holiday weekend it was more packed than I've ever seen it. Great for Oatman, not so much for me though haha. I'll have something from that area next week. Spirit Wilderness area actually coming up soon too.
I’ve lived in the area for over 60 years. My experience with petroglyphs are they are usually between 10 and 20 feet above ground level, as far as quality and quantity go.
Once again you take me somewhere I could never go.....thanks
I love taking trips into the desert with your excellent photographic talent and narration.
That would be cool to camp up there. Another outstanding video. Thanks.
Yeah, I wish I had known in advance and I would have planned to camp out.
A very enjoyable adventure! While the circumstances were vastly different, this reminds me of looking at NYC from the Newark airport while on a very boring two.hour.layover waiting for our plane to Germany. A relative has petroglyphs at their property in east El Cajon; had people from the Museum of Man out to look at them. Supposedly made with insect blood, they were on the protected side of a large boulder down by the creek; a bit the opposite, with dark red/brown writing on light colored stone. What was extra special about the views you filmed, was the snow on the mountains behind Las Vegas. And always appreciate your humor. :)
I've lived in Nebraska and Indiana all my life. When I retire, I look forward to travelling out west to see these beautiful landscapes for myself.
That view of Vegas at night from that spot must be grand to see. All those lights.
We played a golf course in Henderson NV called The Revere. A lot closer than you are but my God the views of Vegas are absolutely fantastic! Thanks for taking us along on your sidetrack adventure!
I'm really grateful for these videos - I have a tendency to go explore odd places, and Steve's videos allow me to explore places I would otherwise never visit (given the fact that I'm in Europe)
Thank you Steve for another awesome Sidetrack Adventure! I really enjoy your channel!
👍Here's an extra 'thumbs up' for you! ! ! ! 👍
You always seem to have a knack for finding interesting things to visit. Even if there is little to see, you make it interesting. Glad I have found your channel. 👍👍
Very Nice. Always enjoy your videos.
Thank you.
This vid made me extra homesick! As a former resident of Henderson and a landscape photographer, I've spent countless hours exploring Mead and the vicinity. I was so in love with the area that I even took a job at the ferry for a while. One day, some day, after my services as a caregiver here in LA are no longer needed, I'm making a beeline for home. Thanks for the trip down memories lane!
I love your channel. Been with you since you had 17000 subs. Come to Minnesota and see some history one day.
Would love to get out there. I've been eyeing the start of the Mississippi River.
I really love when take these roads less traveled in otherwise well known areas, I would frankly be a little afraid to take those old mining roads. I would never have seen, or known, about this place or view without this channel.
The longest sightline ever photographed is 275 miles, from a mountain peak in northern Spain to another peak on the French-Swiss border; though never photographed, people report that under rare atmospheric conditions it is possible to see Iceland from the Faroe Islands 340 miles away.
I just Luv Your Channel it is one of my Favorites‼️Your voice in moderating the history and back stories makes me appreciate your efforts and I want to Thank You so much‼️❤️
We really enjoy your weekly releases. They have come a long from early eppisodes. 👍
I've never been a fan of the southwest. But your videos are changing my mind. Thank you for all you do.
Steve, thanks for all you do brother. I truly hope this is paying off for you. I don’t want you to stop. Love watching
I'll never forget seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time a few years ago after only looking at pictures. It was spectacular.
OT but I hope this might create a few smiles: As someone with mild hearing loss, I always use Closed Captions. Often they struggle to get the correct words (it's incredible it gets as much as it does correctly!), & sometimes it produces some humorous results! In this video, the Captioning frequently labeled it "Lake Me", including the statement "Lake Me is a very popular park" 😁😂
I knew I soldered on until Wednesday for a reason.
I hope you had a better reason than this! lol Thanks!
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Good thing you 'stuck' to it (solder / soldier) 🤣
Awesome! Very cool video... Thank you Steve!
Another great video with beautiful views. Thanks again.
I remember in the early 90s making a night run from somewhere in Utah to LA for a morning delivery. Coming down I15 and seeing a small patch of light in the distance,somewhere around St George that turned out to be Las Vegas.
The light pollution from Vegas is bad for so far in the desert. You really have to find the right spot to get a great view of the night sky.
See this is why I would love to go and visit Arizona Nevada Utah New Mexico it's just so beautiful out there.
What a pleasure is to follow you on these beautiful trips you take
My wife and I live in Las Vegas. After watching this video, we had to go check it out. Only one truck all day, Guess what. They follow sidetrack, adventures also. Thank you, good video.
That's pretty cool. Hope you had a great view out there.
Yet another Awesome destination now to go visit . Those kind of off the beaten path places are very cool to spend a day or two out exploring. Never know what you’re gonna find until you go . Thanks for taking us along on this latest adventure. Stay safe out there now , OK ?!! 😎👍
Great tour!
Those tall mountains with snow on them are home to the Las Vegas Ski area.
What incredible views!
Thanks! 👍
Another great trip Steve. If you haven't already, you should visit Petroglyph Point, part of Lava Beds National Monument in Northwest California, lots and lots of petroglyphs!
I meant northern most
We Arizonan’s note that the weathered looking rocks are known to have “desert varnish”. Great video Steve.
Thanks Steve for another great video!
Thank you.
Great job always look forward to your posts.
You have done it once again Steve! Who knew this view was possible? I especially liked your idea of camping in order to have a awesome night view of the strip lights! I only wish that I was a little younger in order to make this happen ! Thanks again Steve!
I always am excited to watch another of your videos.....
thank you
Thank you, I truly appreciate it.
This adventure is going on my bucket list, nice to know about these little known place, keep up the great work!
Thanks Steve. I appreciate the time you take to research your destinations and road trips. It's very interesting and I hope your enthusiasm for road trips will make others explore the road!
Hi Steve. I was out there on the Cohenour Loop Trail about a month ago. Photographed the petroglyphs right on the side of the trail, in Petroglyph Wash and photographed Las Vegas from the high point. That's an interesting area and a lot of fun to explore. Thanks, for another great video. You rock!
Great video! An upcoming divorce and retirement is causing me to rethink my stay in California, it is just too damn expensive to retire and "live" in California. Kingman, AZ is high on my list of places to move to, so watching your videos help me get a better feel of the area. Of course I am not moving blind to Mohave County, I have been to Laughlin and Lake Havasu plenty of times and know about the heat. For me, I think a dual sport motorcycle would also be a good way to explore this area. There are plenty of things to do and places to explore in this part of Arizona, I just need to remind myself it's not Southern California. For crowds and traffic Las Vegas is only 1.5 hours away or 5 hour train ride away to Disneyland. Thanks again for posting this video, great work!
So, you ended the trip on Pope Mine Road to get to Indian Pass and the viewpoint you were striving for. You had me stumped where you had trekked to when you last mentioned you were on "Cohencur Loop Road" but were "nearing the end". Oh well, some good map work and I finally had your end point. It is a lot of fun following your adventures while having Google Maps open to know exactly where you are traveling. Another great show. Thank you.
I love watching the jets doing their training out in this area.
I really appreciate your videos, just the right length of time, just enough information, you take on the video subject, and not all about you like many, many tv hosts wannabes. If I’d have to find a slight negative, and real slight at that, just remember that your videos are watched worldwide, so a slightly more details on the place ( and that’s only an observation on a couple, not all of them) might be better. For example, I’m in Montreal, Canada. Keep up the great work
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Dig your vibe👍
Thanks!
Talk about camping in the middle of no where, I'll pass, but you got to love the views! Thanks for another great video Steve! 😉
Great video. And keep going on the subs. 135k is impressive.
Hey thanks for going outta your way to show these places..now on to Europe!!
Thank you for this off road trip with a beautiful view!!
I am so friggin envious that you get to do these adventures.
Excellent, thanks
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for this video. I’ll definitely be camping here soon. Born and raised in the area, I have explored so much but have not been down this road. !!!
When I lived in Henderson Nevada I loved taking road trips to Meadview and Dolan springs which are in this area. I wish I had known about this area back then! Gearing up for retirement in a few years and LOVE this area of Arizona. Maybe I'll get to explore then? Thanks for the video and the information
Great video. It felt like I was driving and hiking in that deep desert once again.
Great spot! Will add it to the list.
If you get a chance to go, the view is well worth it. The video doesn't do it justice at all. Vegas looked so much clearer not on camera.
Thanks, you must really be in good shape to be able to do all the climbing .
The car did all the work.
Your content is great, Steve! I'm a big roadtripper myself. Thanks for bringing the Southwest to life.
My pleasure. Glad you enjoy it.
Wow! Another adventure to add to my bucket list. Great camping spot, I bet the views at night are spectacular! I've camped at Kingmans Wash a couple times, really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing...............
One of the very few videos to use subdued music, thank you.
Love this channel. Being able to see real US from another country.
Right car for the best Adventure. Subaru. Thanks for the story of las Vegas view.
I’m in the Vegas area often so I appreciate learning about these new places that can be explored by car! 😀👍
Yeah, Lake Mead is much more than a lake. Lots of cool stuff around there. There's even a so called lost city under the lake, that were amazing native ruins. When you see the pictures of them its such a shame they were lost.
@@SidetrackAdventures what?!? I never knew that either, thats so sad! 😲🤯
Steve thanks for all your videos. Always very informative and plain explaining.
Awesome trip again! Thanks to you and your family for all the adventures!
Another first class session Steve. Thank you.
Another SPECTACULAR view Steve! Thanks 🙏👍
You really do a good job with these episodes. I truly enjoy going places with you.
I always wanted to drive on roads like these and see places. I have dreamt about it since I was in my early teens
Thank you for your service.
Camping, yes! It is now on my to do list. Thanks.
Fortification Hill has one of if not the best views of Vegas as you can see the dam and the strip.
You need to come back our way and we'll take you to petroglyphs. No, really. You can stay in the camper and we'll throw in meals! Great video of Indian Pass!
Great job. I love your videos. This one was really enjoyable because I always wanted to drive that route. We live in Pahrump so we love your desert excursions!
Another great video, interesting point of view and subject matter. Thank you for your service in the army.
Epic, even without a big opening shot! Thanks Steve! 😎✌️
Really like your videos. I like the variety and the information on each place you visit. Thank you.
You find the most interesting places !!
Thank you. This one is all credit to Arizona Highways magazine.
Thanks! That’s amazing to me to know that you can see so far from where you were. I live in flat prairie lands so I never get views anywhere close to that. Truly spectacular.
If the mountains weren't there on the other side of Vegas, on a clear day I imagine we could see 100 miles.
Another enjoyable video. Keep up the great work and thank you for your service. USMC here.
Very interesting to watch, I owned an acre of land in Dolan springs for 40 years, gave it to my son
Thank you for taking us on your journey. You demonstrate it is not necessary to travel across the world to see natural beauty and to learn and see historic places.
Excellent view! I don't think I'd even try that roadway in my 4×4 pickup, and you did it in your car!😲
Interesting video Steve.
I'm from England but I was in Las Vegas last September, we stayed there one night during our Route 66 trip.
Thanks, Steve! Gorgeous views!
Thanks!
Thank you, I really appreciate it.
Steve, This was a great one. Thanks!
Another great video, Steve. Well done.