MOAPA VALLEY, Nev. (FOX5) – The most popular state park in Southern Nevada is back open for business and exploration after a temporary shutdown.
Both entrances to the park were closed for two weeks as extensive renovations had been on the backburner for years.
The park added restrooms and a new visitor center, which required a new road.
Park officials also needed to clean up some graffiti. FOX5 just learned it was covering up precious, ancient artifacts from Native Americans.
But Tyler Kerver with the Nevada Division of State Parks says there’s a solution to getting things looking like they used to, and mentions where people are defacing the park.
“Some of the petroglyph areas. They see petroglyphs there, so they also want to put their own petroglyphs,” Kerver said. “When there is graffiti not near the petroglyphs, they use the sandblasting technique that kind of makes it look like how the rock looked before the graffiti was there.“
The work needed to be done during the cooler months, which also happens to be when the park is most popular.
Unlike recent hiker rescues on Mt. Charleston, Kerver said there are no icy conditions at Valley of Fire even in the winter.
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