I had few hours free so I decided to drive few miles to Seven Magic Mountains, which is an open art display in form of Colorful rocks stacked on top of each other in the middle of nowhere. It’s just a 30 minutes drive from the Las Vegas Strip and can be easily reached with the help of Google Maps.
Here is a brief video about my journey:
The place was filled with many tourists who were looking for Instagram worthy pictures like I did
The place offers free parking and drone fly zone so you can enjoy the colorful rocks with dessert in the background.
Thank you for sharing this interesting location and beautiful photos with us.
The area seems like real fun for kids and even for adults. I love very much the idea of these colored rocks, as it gives some fresh air and appearance as a contrast to the rocky mountains behind.
Do you know if there is a story or a concept behind this creation?
@BorrisS thank you so much, glad you like the idea of this as a family getaway
All I could find on the internet was:
Rondinone proposed Seven Magic Mountains in 2015, and it opened in 2016. Rondinone cut car-sized boulders from a nearby quarry in Nevada. He then had bright coats of neon paint added. After that, Rondinone stacked the rocks into towers.
The rock stacks mimic stone cairns. Cairns were once used to mark the road for travelers making their way through unfamiliar and unsettled landscapes. What area remains more unexplored than the desert? While most land art blends into the landscape, the bright colors of Seven Magic Mountains makes it stick out. It’s like pop art-meets-land art.
According to Rondinone, the location is physically and symbolically mid-way between the natural and the artificial: the natural is expressed by the mountain ranges, desert, and Jean Dry Lake backdrop, and the artificial is expressed by the highway and the constant flow of traffic between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
