Sloan Canyon OHV Area

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area is a 48,438-acre BLM-managed landscape south of Henderson on the south edge of the Las Vegas metro, Clark County's southernmost OHV access point before the terrain transitions toward the McCullough Range and Mojave National Preserve. The conservation area is best known for its concentration of Ancestral Puebloan petroglyphs in the canyon interior, and the motorized use zone respects that resource by concentrating OHV riding on the designated desert areas outside the canyon archaeological zone. The motorized terrain covers the alluvial fans, desert bajadas, and rocky desert washes on the western and southern edges of the conservation area, Mojave Desert riding at the urban fringe, with the Las Vegas skyline visible from the higher desert benches. Dirt bikes and ATVs are the most common vehicles on the narrower desert two-tracks; UTVs and trucks use the wider desert two-track routes. The Sloan Canyon area fills a specific geographic niche in the Las Vegas OHV landscape: it is the only designated OHV use zone directly accessible from the Henderson and southern Las Vegas Valley without entering the Lake Mead NRA fee zone. Open year-round; summer heat above 100°F is common from June through September. Nevada OHV registration required. Contact BLM Las Vegas for current boundary maps showing the motorized use areas versus the conservation-only zones (702-515-5000).