Visit Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for free on Saturday

By CHRISTIAN BERTOLACCINI LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

September 19, 2016 - 5:15 pm

Entrance to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas will be free on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, for National Public Lands Day. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A woman rides her bike during a hot day at Red Rock Canyon on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Thursday's high is expected to be 108 degrees, and Friday's, 109 degrees. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will be free to visit Saturday for National Public Lands Day.

The Bureau of Land Management, working with other agencies in the Interior Department, will waive “amenity-related fees” for Saturday, the bureau said in a statement.

Other fees, like overnight camping and group day use fees, will remain in effect.

Contact Christian Bertolaccini at cbertolaccini@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Follow @bertolaccinic on Twitter.

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