5 day road trip from vegas

we are going to vegas in sept and have a car for 5 days and want a bit of a road trip.

really want to see death valley..............

any ideas of what to do and how long to spend in places

thanks

5 day road trip from vegas

Hi I hope you have some days planned in Vegas too!

I can%26#39;t give you any information because I haven%26#39;t made it to Death Valley myself, but I have seen a lot of great sights on road trips myself, where Las Vegas was part of a road trip from Washington State toward Utah, Arizon, Nevada, and California.

My suggestion would be (if you didn%26#39;t do Death Valley) to head to Bryce and Zion Canyons, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and possibly Valley of Fire State Park. That might be too much.

You could leave Vegas, head to Bryce Canyon

http://www.nps.gov/brca/ and plan to stay at Ruby%26#39;s Inn or perhaps camp in a teepee. I thought it was fun to hike around the Hoodoos, and take pictures, and see the viewpoints as you go. We took a horsetrip organized through Ruby%26#39;s which is actually at Red Canyon. Then, when you leave there (spend maybe two days, including travel time) and then head to Zion. You could spend either one full day there or two days. You could stay in Sprindale http://www.nps.gov/zion/ It is totally different than Bryce. You could use mapquest.com to get driving directions for each place and for help with how long the travel would take.

Next you could either head to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, see it and maybe do a hike or two although to me, the Canyon is just nice to look at. They have some lounge chairs out on a deck for that purpose. Then head back to Vegas. Depending on timing, or if you decide against one of the canyons, you might really like Valley of Fire State Park on the way back to Vegas. http://www.parks.nv.gov/

Hopefully this gives you some ideas if you decide not to do Death Valley, or maybe someone else has some good advice for you as well.

5 day road trip from vegas

I took a 5 day trip once with my wife and son. We went to the Meteor spot in Arizona, Sky City in New Mexico, up to the stone bridges, into Mexican Hat in Utah, down thru Monument Valley into Mesquite NV. Saw Lake Powell along the way and other impressive areas. Loved it! Also saw Bryce and Zion.

or you could go death valley then up to the sierra nevada mountains great drive very scenic and what the heck if you go that way may as well go to what i think is one of the best places on earth...lake tahoe

I was told to do Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and Valley of Fire for a nice day trip from Vegas :)