The Valley of Fire

The Nevada parks system was started in 1934, and The Valley of Fire was the first park. For some reason, it's not as we'll known as Red Rock Canyon. My guess is convenience. RRC is much closer to Vegas and more accessible. 

But The Valley of Fire is, by far, more spectacular. The landscape looks as though giants had dropped blobs of red Play-dough all over the landscapes, sometimes small dribbles, other places, huge globs of it. 

The red color comes from the iron content in the rock. 

In the 1930's, the CCC built some cabins out of the rock.