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Little Finland (also known as ''Hobgoblin’s Playground'' and ''Devil’s Fire'') is a scenic red rock area, located in a remote section of
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Little Finland (also known as ''Hobgoblin’s Playground'' and ''Devil’s Fire'') is a scenic red rock area, located in a remote section of Clark County, Nevada
Clark County is located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,265,461. Most of the county population resides in the Las Vegas Census County Divisions, which hold 1,771,945 people as of the 2010 Census, acros ...
, south of Mesquite
Mesquite is a common name for several plants in the genus '' Prosopis'', which contains over 40 species of small leguminous trees. They are native to dry areas in the Americas.
They have extremely long roots to seek water from very far under gr ...
, known for its red rock scenery and strangely-shaped, delicate rock formations. The landscape is similar to Valley of Fire State Park
Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly located south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting s ...
, which is about to the west, across Lake Mead
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. L ...
. The rock formations are composed of red Aztec Sandstone
The Aztec Sandstone is an Early Jurassic geological formation of primarily eolian sand from which fossil pterosaur tracks have been recovered.sand dunes.Nevada magazine, May/June 2012
Many of the features are small erosional fins, hence the name. Little Finland is accessible via the BLM Gold Butte Backcountry Byway, which also goes through the historic mining town of Gold Butte, Nevada, established in 1908. Other nearby attractions include Whitney Pockets, another scenic red rock area with
Davenport, Coral. '' Jumbo Springs Wilderness
at BLM is south of the Gold Butte townsite.
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Gold Butte Back Country Byway
map and guide
Native American Cultural Gem at Risk
Gold Butte. Wilderness.org {{authority control Rock formations of Nevada Gold Butte National Monument Bureau of Land Management areas in Nevada Landforms of Clark County, Nevada
Many of the features are small erosional fins, hence the name. Little Finland is accessible via the BLM Gold Butte Backcountry Byway, which also goes through the historic mining town of Gold Butte, Nevada, established in 1908. Other nearby attractions include Whitney Pockets, another scenic red rock area with
petroglyphs
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
, and the Devils Throat, a sinkhole
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as ''vrtače'' and shakeholes, and to openi ...
. The Gold Butte region is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management that contains seven BLM-designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) is a conservation ecology program in the Western United States, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The ACEC program was conceived in the 1976 Federal Lands Policy and Management Act ( F ...
(ACEC). Since December 2016, Little Finland and the surrounding area have additional federal protection within Gold Butte National Monument.Obama Designates Two New National Monuments, Protecting 1.65 Million AcresDavenport, Coral. ''
The New York Times
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'', March 10, 2017
Two BLM wilderness area
Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...
s are nearby. The Lime Canyon Wilderness borders Little Finland and the west side of the Gold Butte Byway loop. The Jumbo Springs Wildernessat BLM
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See also
*Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. Operated by the National Park Service, Lake Mead NRA follows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Gra ...
, to the west and south of Little Finland
*Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
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, to the east, in Arizona
* Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byway
References
External links
Gold Butte Back Country Byway
map and guide
Native American Cultural Gem at Risk
Gold Butte. Wilderness.org {{authority control Rock formations of Nevada Gold Butte National Monument Bureau of Land Management areas in Nevada Landforms of Clark County, Nevada