Grotto near Lake Las Vegas

Grotto near Lake Las Vegas

The hike to this grotto takes less than half an hour and is a short distance from the paved bike trail by Terrazzo Park in Lake Las Vegas. Park in the Terrazza Park parking lot and walk down the bike path towards the bridge over the wash. Walk over the bridge and up the hill until you see a dirt path going off to the right. The path is marked with cairns and go down and back up through some washes. The trail leads up and around the hill into a canyon where it leads to the grotto. The hikes is best in the morning because the sun shines up through the canyon. If you go in the evening the canyon will be shaded by the walls of the canyon. If it is a hot day stop at the wash to cool off.  You can walk down to the wash if you make a right hand turn on the dirt road right before the bridge. Right after the sign for the Wetlands Park you can walk down into the wash next to the weir (small damn).