Hiking Around Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail at Knoll Trail (view W) |
Overview The Knoll Trail is a 1.8-mile segment of the Escarpment Route that runs through open Mojave Desert Scrub along the base of the Wilson Cliffs. This segment runs beneath Rainbow Mountain and connects the Pine Creek and Oak Creek Canyon trails. The Knoll Trail also is part of the Rainbow Mountain Loop and runs just outside the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness Area. The Knoll Trail is fairly easy with little elevation gain after the start, but it should not be considered a separate hike, rather just a portion of a longer hike because other trails are required to get to it. Here, the Knoll Trail is described in pictures as starting from the Pine Creek Trail and running south along the base of Rainbow Mountain to the Oak Creek Canyon Trail. For a detailed description of the hike, see Knoll Trail Northbound. Link to map. Link to BLM Georeference PDF map file. |
 Start of Knoll Trail -- southbound (view W) |
 Trail sign with old mileages (view W) |
 Knoll Trailhead sign (view S) |
 Knoll Trailhead sign (view S) |
 Knoll Trailhead map (view S) |
 Hiker starting south on Knoll Trail (view SW) |
 Hiker starting on Knoll Trail (view S) |
 Hiker crossing Mr. Wilson's old garden plot (view SW) |
 Hiker continuing across Mr. Wilson's old garden plot (view SW) |
 Hiker approaching Pine Creek (view SW) |
 Hiker crossing Pine Creek (view SW) |
 Hiker crossing Pine Creek (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail at Pine Creek crossing (view E, downstream) |
 Knoll Trail at Pine Creek crossing (view W, upstream) |
 Hiker crossing Pine Creek Meadow (view W) |
 Hiker passing a trail sign (view W) |
 Use-trail along the creek; stay left (view W from Knoll Trail) |
 Sign at use-trail along creek; stay left (view W) |
 Hiker approaching trail junction (view S) |
 Hiker at trail junction; Knoll Trail stays left (view S) |
 Hiker past trail junction; entering tunnel of trees (view S) |
 Hiker past tunnel of trees (view SW) |
 Heavily vegetated hillside (view SW) |
 Hiker angling up across the hillside (view E) |
 Wilson Homestead (view NE from Knoll Trail) |
 Wilson Homestead (zoom, view N from Knoll Trail) |
 Trail angling up across the hillside (view E) |
 Hiker on trail angling up across the hillside (view E) |
 Knoll Trail arrives approaching top of hillside (view SE) |
 Knoll Trail arrives at top of hillside (view SE) |
 First of many festive boulders on the hillside (view W) |
 More to come ... |
 Knoll Trail turns south across gentle slopes (view S) |
 Knoll Trail traverses gentle slopes (view S) |
 Knoll Trail passes many sandstone boulders (view S) |
 Use-trail to Pine Creek Trailhead (view NE from Knoll Trail) |
 Knoll Trail continues south |
 Knoll Trail approaching Arnight Trail (view SE) |
 Knoll Trail at Arnight Trail (view SE) |
 Knoll-Arnight trail sign (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail at Arnight Trail (view S) |
 Knoll Trail (view SW from Arnight Trail junction) |
 Knoll Trail starts south as a very rocky path (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail runs south on gentle terrain (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail runs south on gentle, but rocky terrain (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail approaching Juniper Canyon (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail at one of the use-trails to Juniper Canyon (view SW) |
 Cairns along Knoll Trail mark use-trails (view S) |
 Knoll Trail approaching Juniper Wash (view S) |
 Juniper Canyon (view W from Knoll Trail) |
 Knoll Trail crossing Juniper Wash (view E) |
 Knoll Trail (view SE) |
 Knoll Trail (view SE) |
 Knoll Trail (view SW) |
 Knoll Trail (view S) |
 Grand scenery (view SW into Oak Creek Canyon) |
 Knoll Trail (view S) |
 Knoll Trail crossing desert flats towards Oak Creek (view SE) |
 Knoll Trail sign visible in the distance (view S) |
 Knoll Trail approaching Oak Creek Canyon Trail (view S) |
 Knoll Trail at Oak Creek Canyon Trail (view S) |
 Looking back at Knoll Trail sign (view N) |
Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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