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04/25/2017 by Ron Floth

Dogs on the Trail

Ruffing it Out Written by Jocelyn Brown With winter coming to a close and spring quickly approaching, now is a great time to hit the trails with your whole family. Dogs on the trail are OK so don’t forget to bring Fido! The River Mountains Trails are designed for dogs and humans alike. Here are […]

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02/25/2015 by Anne Davis

Las Vegas Hiking Trail Featured in Article

Las Vegas Hiking Trail Featured in Article

Quiet thrills just beyond Las Vegas Writer Robin Soslow wrote a fantastic article for The Roanoke Times called “Quiet thrills just beyond Las Vegas” that just happens to be about our favorite Las Vegas hiking trail. She captured the essence of the River Mountains Loop Trail… The River Mountains Loop Trail rings rugged peaks that […]

Filed Under: Biking, News Tagged With: article, River Mountains Loop Trail, Robin Soslow

03/19/2014 by Editor

New Trail Website

Pacifica trail head Boulder City on the new trail website.

Yes the new trail website for River Mountains Loop Trail is finally here. Users have been asking for a fresher more interactive web site. The new site brings together Facebook, Blogging and web information all in one.  Maps and trail heads was a key part of the new design. Working with our web creator, Steve […]

Filed Under: Blog, maps Tagged With: Maps, Trail map, Website

02/10/2014 by Editor

Mountain Lake Park

New Trailhead and Hub: Mountain Lake Park has quietly come on line for public use, even though its official dedication is still weeks away. The park and trailhead have been years in the planning, design and construction. It is located on Golda Way in Henderson, NV. The park was originally planned as a trailhead only […]

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09/12/2011 by Editor

Event Permit Matrix for River Mountains Loop Trail

Because the River Mountains Loop Trail has become “found” and is popular for special group events we have had to develop a permitting process to handle events. There are four permitting entities which have different requirements. Below is a permit matrix which will get you started.  We want everyone to enjoy the trail and we wish […]

Filed Under: Biking, Marathon Events Tagged With: Group Event Permit, Trail permits

03/28/2011 by Editor

Best Place to Ride a Bike in Las Vegas

We made it…..The Review-Journal’s  2011 Best of Las Vegas  “Best Place to Ride a Bike”  R.J.’s choice.   They didn’t list the entire trail, but that is probably because the writer-rider hasn’t ridden the entire trail system as yet.  I concur with this selection from Railroad Pass east to Boulder City as it has much to look […]

Filed Under: Biking, hiking Tagged With: Best Place to Hike, Best Place to Ride a Bike, hiking

02/17/2011 by Editor

O’Callaghan – Tillman Bridge at Hoover Dam

New bridge near Hoover Dam

This was sent to me by a friend. Truly a fantastic photo of the bridge construction.  The completed bridge has become just as big a tourist attraction as the dam, well almost.  The bridge has its own parking lot and viewpoint and provides photo ops of Hoover Dam never-before available to the average person until […]

Filed Under: Hoover Dam Bridge Tagged With: Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam Bridge, O'callaghan-Tillman Bridge

01/19/2011 by Editor

Hike to Liberty Bell Arch

On January 17th, 2011 some good friends and I went on a hike to the Liberty Bell Arch on the Arizona side of the Colorado River below Hoover Dam.  The 2.5 mile hike route provided several views of the new O’Callaghan – Tillman Memorial Bridge located upstream about 3 – miles.  The Bridge was also […]

Filed Under: hiking, Hoover Dam Bridge Tagged With: Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Liberty Bell Arch, O'callaghan-Tillman Bridge

01/14/2011 by Editor

River Mountain Trail…circa 1935-1937

  The River Mountain Trail often times gets confused with the River Mountains Loop Trail and visa versa.  That is because they are both trails in the River Mountains.   The original River Mountain Trail was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1935-1937 during the time of Hoover Dam construction.  The trail head is located just downhill […]

Filed Under: hiking, History, Trailhead Tagged With: Boulder City, Civilian Conservation Corps, Red Mountain, River Mountain Trail

12/28/2010 by Editor

A Destination Trail

Sunrise biking near Lava Butte on the River Mountain Trail, Henderson, Nevada.

After posing the question on Facebook about whether the users thought the River Mountains Loop Trail was a “Destination Trail,” I have to concur that it is. My brief research doesn’t really define what a destination trail is so I’m setting out to determine what makes this a destination trail. So I went to Wikipedia and started with: […]

Filed Under: Biking, Blog, hiking, History Tagged With: Desert Big Horn Sheep, Destination Trail, Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam Bridge

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Thanks to Stephanie Forte for writing this great piece for the Rails to Trails Conservancy about the RMLT!

www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2023/may/05/nevada-s-river-mountains-loop-trail/
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Yes, thank you Stephanie...

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www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2023/may/05/nevada-s-river-mountains-loop-trail
Great story about the River Mountains Loop Tral in the Rails To Trails Newsletter. Enjoy and feel free to share....
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Nevada’s River Mountains Loop Trail | May 2023 Trail of the Month

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A few miles into the 12-foot-wide trail, towering snowcapped Spring Mountains to the northwest dwarf the Vegas Strip’s cityscape. Since 2012, it’s...
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Work on the Boulder City railroad linear trail head. How exciting!!

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Used to ride this all the time when I lived in Vegas🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️

We rode the trail Sunday, May 7,2023. The entire loop. All 34 miles, no closures, No detours. It was a beautiful day on the trail!😎🚲☀️ There were so many riders, mostly on the Henderson side.

What are they building?

Is the construction completed?

Is the trail open now???

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