May 13, 2007
Valley of Fire State Park
Practicalities:
Entrance to the park is $6,- per vehicle and it works on an honor system, meaning there is a self pay station where you get an envelope in which you place your money and drop it in a post box.
Remember to tear off the stub, which serves as your proof of payment as well as your permit, from the envelope. You may be asked to show it when leaving the park.
Do make a point of visiting the well equipped Visitor Center, which offers well arranged exhibits on the parks geology and archeology. This Visitor Center is every bit as well set up as any of the National Park's visitors centers. Don't miss it!
The park has two entrances, both off I-15, so the best way of visiting the park would be by going in on one side, exiting at the other. Next to the Visitor Center is a spur road leading to most of the major sites in the park.
Entrance to the park is $6,- per vehicle and it works on an honor system, meaning there is a self pay station where you get an envelope in which you place your money and drop it in a post box.
Remember to tear off the stub, which serves as your proof of payment as well as your permit, from the envelope. You may be asked to show it when leaving the park.
Do make a point of visiting the well equipped Visitor Center, which offers well arranged exhibits on the parks geology and archeology. This Visitor Center is every bit as well set up as any of the National Park's visitors centers. Don't miss it!
The park has two entrances, both off I-15, so the best way of visiting the park would be by going in on one side, exiting at the other. Next to the Visitor Center is a spur road leading to most of the major sites in the park.
