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Old 12-16-2010, 07:21 AM
 
Location: GIlbert, AZ
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Im moving in 151 days from now (yep counting), and I was wondering where the nearest pine treed forest was from the area. Im sure its not close, but 2 or 3 times a year I like to plant myself in a forest. Im moving from Boise, after a bad desision to leave phoenix. In Phoenix, we had Prescott National forest to escape to about 2 hours away.
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:20 AM
 
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Im moving in 151 days from now (yep counting), and I was wondering where the nearest pine treed forest was from the area. Im sure its not close, but 2 or 3 times a year I like to plant myself in a forest. Im moving from Boise, after a bad desision to leave phoenix. In Phoenix, we had Prescott National forest to escape to about 2 hours away.

Depends where you live in Vegas. I live in the Northwest corner (Centennial Hills), and Mt. Charleston is about 30mins from me. Lots of trees, hiking, trails, great views, etc. Probably a little over an hour from most points in Henderson.
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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Mt Charleston is mostly cedar with some scrub pine and a few stands of poderosa pine mixed in....
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Old 12-16-2010, 05:52 PM
 
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If you hike up some of the forest service roads, you'll find all the Ponderosa pines you can want. Just need to be above 8000' to see them. Also Bristlcone pines, the oldest living things on the planet.
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Old 12-16-2010, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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If you hike up some of the forest service roads, you'll find all the Ponderosa pines you can want. Just need to be above 8000' to see them. Also Bristlecone pines, the oldest living things on the planet.
Not to mention the Quaking Aspens and I'd say more like 7,000 feet near the Lodge. There are also pine trees on the Sheep Mountains, although harder to get to. The point is, you'll find pine trees at Mt. Charleston which is pretty close. It depends on how far you live from the roads that go up the mountain. If you live in Henderson, it will take you about 90 minutes to get there. If you live in the northwest part of Las Vegas like I do, it will take you 30 to 40 minutes to be in pine trees.

I'm not positive of this, but I think Nevada has a lot more, and a lot higher, mountains than AZ does, and Las Vegas is much closer to some of them than Phoenix is to theirs. But we don't have the Mogollon Rim, which is really a nice place to go, and you'll only be about four hours, or less, from that.

We lazily refer to the whole Spring Mountain Range as Mt. Charleston, which is the highest peak at 11,982 ft. The Spring Mountain Range is probably an even nicer getaway from town than you had in Phoenix, and it offers dozens of great hikes. But one of the most beautiful places on earth, Zion Canyon National Park, is only 2½ to 3½ hours.
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Old 12-16-2010, 08:26 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Mt Charleston is mostly cedar with some scrub pine and a few stands of poderosa pine mixed in....
There are a few other pines too, Dyn. SummitPost : Hiking, Climbing and Mountaineering

The higher you go the more forested it is until you get above timberline. The back side, from Pahrump, is even better for getting lost in the woods. You'll see deer, elk, and if lucky, maybe a mountain lion.
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