The Valley of Fire Road

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29.7 km

Length

+233 m

Ascent

−175 m

Descent

542 m

Highest point

6.5%

Max gradient

0h 40min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 542 m

21 °C rainshowers

wind 4 m/s · clouds 33%

At the start

26 °C fair

wind 7 m/s · clouds 20%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	21 °C	22 °C	0.0 mm	5 m/s	rainshowers
Friday 23 Oct	11 °C	21 °C	0.5 mm	5 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	13 °C	24 °C	0.3 mm	7 m/s	clearsky

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:47 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Lowland or coastal road
Surface: asphalt 98%, unpaved 2%

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Ascent

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Elevation profile

What does The Valley of Fire Road look like?

2015-11-04 13 39 01 View south from the north end of Nevada State Route 169 in Clark County, Nevada · Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Valley of Fire Nevada 1 · Christophe Badoux · CC BY-SA 3.0

Valley of Fire Rainbow Vista 1 · Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Clark County

36.46255, -114.43826

Finish

Clark County

36.67163, -114.52223

Along the road

Parking

17 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 29.2 km.

Restaurants and cafés

The Inside Scoop 11.1 km · 386 m

blp Breakfast Lunch and Pizza 11.3 km · 386 m

Salts With A Touch Of Sugar 11.7 km · 385 m

Lafonda's Mexican Resturant 13.0 km · 388 m

Pirates Landing 20.6 km · 422 m

Fuel

Maverik 11.9 km · 385 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 11.9 km to 21.6 km.