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Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
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Black Horse Trails
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Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
Black Horse Trails
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Black Horse Trails
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Black Horse Trails
Phone:
+27 82 494 5642

Address:
Seven passes, Diep-Rivier, Hoekwil, Wilderness/George, 6538, South Africa

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm
Monday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm
Tuesday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm
Wednesday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm
Thursday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm
Friday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm
Saturday9:30am - 12:30pm, 3pm - 6pm


The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region , of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa 100 miles north of Reno, Nevada that encompasses more than 300,000 acres of land and contains more than 120 miles of historic trails. It is in the northern Nevada section of the Great Basin with a lakebed that is a dry remnant of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan. The Great Basin, named for the geography in which water is unable to flow out and remains in the basin, is a rugged land serrated by hundreds of mountain ranges, dried by wind and sun, with spectacular skies and scenic landscapes. The average annual precipitation at Gerlach, Nevada is 7.90 inches .The region is notable for its paleogeologic features, as an area of 19th-century Emigrant Trails to California, as a venue for rocketry, and as an alternative to the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah, for setting land speed records . It is also the location for the annual Burning Man event. The Black Rock Desert is part of the National Conservation Area , a unit of the Bureau of Land Management National Landscape Conservation System . The NCA is located in northwest Nevada, and was established by legislation in 2000. It is a unique combination of desert playa, narrow canyons, and mountainous areas. Humans have been in Black Rock Desert since approximately 11,000 BC. In 1300 BC the area was settled by the Paiute people. The large black rock formation was used as a landmark by the Paiute and later emigrants crossing the area. The landmark is a conical outcrop composed of interbedded Permian marine limestone and volcanic rocks. At its base is a large hot spring and grassy meadow, which was an important place for those crossing the desert headed for California and Oregon. In 1843, John Fremont and his party were the first white men to cross the desert, and his trail was used by over half the 22,000 gold seekers headed to California after 1849. In 1867, Hardin City, a short-lived silver mill town was established .
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