BLM unit

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area

No, camping is closed at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area is a BLM unit in Clark County, Nevada.

Check current closures and fire restrictions for Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area on the managing agency's own page.

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area map

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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Closures

  • Nawghaw Poa Road and the parking area at its end are closed for visitor contact station construction; Petroglyph Canyon Trail and 101 Trail start from Democracy Drive (as of September 25, 2026). Read the notice

Fire restrictions

3 fire restriction orders are recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.

  • BLM Southern Nevada District Fire Prevention Order Effective May 26, 2026. Applies to BLM Southern Nevada District land, which includes this unit (Red Rock/Sloan Field Office). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • BLM Southern Nevada Year-Round Fire Restrictions Applies to BLM Southern Nevada District land, which includes this unit (Red Rock/Sloan Field Office). Year-round order. Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • BLM Nevada Prevention Order: BLM statewide restrictions Effective May 1, 2026. Applies to all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada. Prohibited: Possessing, discharging, using or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices; possessing, discharging, igniting or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets; discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition is always prohibited on public lands]; operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order.

Nevada Fire Info, BLM Nevada's interagency fire site, keeps the Nevada fire restrictions map and signed orders for every fire zone, and a Nevada fire map of active fires.

Common questions

Day-use area, October 1 to May 19: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Day-use area, Jun to Sep (Mon-Thu): 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Day-use area, Jun to Sep (Fri-Sun): 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
No, camping is closed at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area is managed by the BLM's Red Rock/Sloan Field Office.
Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area's listed activities include Historic Cultural Site.

Fees, hours, and reservations

  • Day-use area, October 1 to May 19 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Day-use area, Jun to Sep (Mon-Thu) 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Day-use area, Jun to Sep (Fri-Sun) 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Camping at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area

Camping closed

Trails

  • Petroglyph Canyon Trail (5.5 mi) Leads to the petroglyph site; dogs and horses not allowed
  • 101 Trail

Public lands next to Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.