Little Finland (also known as Hobgoblin’s Playground and Devil’s Fire) is a scenic red rock area, located in a remote section of Clark County, Nevada, south of Mesquite, known for its red rock scenery and strangely-shaped, delicate rock formations. The landscape is similar to Valley of Fire State Park, which is about 20 miles (32 km) to the west, across Lake Mead. The rock formations are composed of red Aztec Sandstone, fossil sand dunes.[1] Many of the features are small erosional fins, hence the name.
Little Finland is accessible via the BLM Gold Butte Backcountry Byway,[2] which also goes through the historic mining town of Gold Butte, Nevada, established in 1908. Other nearby attractions include Whitney Pockets, another scenic red rock area with petroglyphs, and the Devils Throat, a sinkhole.[1] The Gold Butte region is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management that contains seven BLM-designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).[3][4] Since December 2016, Little Finland and the surrounding area have additional federal protection within Gold Butte National Monument.[5]
Two BLM wilderness areas are nearby. The Lime Canyon Wilderness[6] borders Little Finland and the west side of the Gold Butte Byway loop.[4] The Jumbo Springs Wilderness[7] is south of the Gold Butte townsite.[4]
^ abNevada magazine, May/June 2012 Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
^BLM Gold Butte Backcountry Byway Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine at BLM
^ACEC designations, Gold Butte
^ abc"BLM ACEC map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
^Obama Designates Two New National Monuments, Protecting 1.65 Million Acres. Davenport, Coral. The New York Times, March 10, 2017
^Lime Canyon Wilderness Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine at BLM
^Jumbo Springs Wilderness Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine at BLM
LittleFinland (also known as Hobgoblin’s Playground and Devil’s Fire) is a scenic red rock area, located in a remote section of Clark County, Nevada,...
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak...
The Finland national football team (Finnish: Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international...
Little Saturday (Bulgarian: малката събота, Bokmål and Danish: lille lørdag, Finnish: pikkulauantai, Nynorsk: litle laurdag, Swedish: lillördag) is a European...
study, 69% of prostitutes working in Finland are migrants. As of 2009, there was little "visible" prostitution in Finland as it was mostly limited to private...
from Åland, the provinces had little autonomy. There were never any elected provincial parliaments in continental Finland. The system was initially created...
The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen...
Grand Duchy of Finland, officially and also translated as the Grand Principality of Finland, was the predecessor state of modern Finland. It existed between...
The educational system in Finland consists of daycare programmes (for babies and toddlers), a one-year "preschool" (age six), and an 11-year compulsory...
Miro Little (born 30 May 2004), is a Finnish college basketball player for the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 Conference. He represents the Finland national...
The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist...
Finland is a predominantly Christian nation where 65.2% of the Finnish population of 5.6 million are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland...
The culture of Finland combines indigenous heritage, as represented for example by the country's national languages Finnish (a Uralic language) and Swedish...
Finland. Finland borders Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland,...
the independence of Finland. The subject of an independent Finland was first mentioned in the 18th century, when present-day Finland was still part of Sweden...
Commons (image gallery) Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area LittleFinland and Gold Butte Backcountry Byway Moapa River Indian Reservation "Valley...
The Finnish Parliament Annex (Finnish: Pikkuparlamentti, Swedish: Lilla parlamentet; lit. 'Little Parliament') is a building in the centre of Helsinki...
The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget, Russian: Финляндская война, Finnish: Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire...
TOOR-koo; Finnish: [ˈturku] ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located...
and Kola peninsulas, mainland Finland, and Karelia. Administratively, this roughly encompasses the mainlands of Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as...
бухта Защитная, Finnish: Suomenvedenpohja. In the Middle Ages, the river Vuoksi had an outlet there, which however dried up little by little due to post-glacial...
strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white...
Global Information