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Backroads Around Las Vegas, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Callville Wash South Road
Callville Wash South Road
Callville Wash South Road

Overview

The Callville Wash South Road is a backcountry road that follows the bed of Callville Wash from Northshore Road south into the wild backcountry of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. About 5 miles long and ending on the shore of Lake Mead, this road leads through a rugged desert landscape with colorful sandstone bluffs, imposing black volcanic mountains, and fascinating geologic features, then ends across the water from Callville Bay. There are no structures or services of any kind along this road.

Presented here are photos of the return through the rougher parts. For details of the road, including a map and waypoints, see Callville Wash South Road.

Callville Wash South Road
Returning: Scenic outcrops
Callville Wash South Road
Returning: Scenic outcrops
Callville Wash South Road
Returning: Scenic outcrops and mountains
Callville Wash South Road
Returning: Scenic outcrops and mountains
Callville Wash South Road
Starting into the bypass (view NE)
Callville Wash South Road
Beginning the bypass (view NE)
Callville Wash South Road
Passing through the notch
Callville Wash South Road
Washout out ditch
Callville Wash South Road
Steep with rocky steps
Callville Wash South Road
Steep with rocky steps
Callville Wash South Road
Near the top of the steep part
Callville Wash South Road
Top of the steep part
Callville Wash South Road
Approaching the hair-pin turn (view NE)
Callville Wash South Road
Dropping towards the side wash
Callville Wash South Road
Entering the side wash
Callville Wash South Road
Approaching the pinch-point
Callville Wash South Road
Back on easy road
Callville Wash South Road
Approaching the main wash
Callville Wash South Road
Returning to the main wash (view NE)
Callville Wash South Road
Exposed bedrock in the wash
Callville Wash South Road
Road on desert soils parallel to wash past last turn
Callville Wash South Road
Near the pavement, reentering the main wash (view NW)
Callville Wash South Road
Approaching the pavement (note highway bridge)
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Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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