by Scott

Monique and I recently finished the frantic brunt of our wedding season and found we had a couple of weeks free. Naturally, we decided to head out and take more pictures. We had never explored Southern Nevada and while we only had a couple of weeks, we managed to hit some great locations and escape the cold for a bit, mostly. This post contains images shot at one of Nevada’s first state parks, Cathedral Gorge. Cathedral Gorge, originally home to the Fremont and Southern Paiute Indians became a state park in 1935. Cathedral Gorge is located in far Eastern Nevada, near a bunch of small, historic towns you have never heard of. It is about 2 hours south-east of Ely and about two hours northeast of the much more popular Vally of Fire state park.

Cathedral Gorge encompasses 2000 acres of unique landscape. Really, it looks like a real life equivalent of the Sea Monkeys home, or as my wife put it, the worlds largest and coolest sand castles. There are slot canyons hidden inside some of these giant fins of earth, many of which can be explored, and the small campground is fairly new in appearance with warm showers at no extra charge. If you are out this way, make a point of staying at least one night here, you won’t be disappointed. All images are shot with the latest Nikon D810 camera, with a couple coming from our sony mirrorless A6000 mated to a Carl Zeiss 24mm f1.8 lens. All images are of superb quality and available to purchase for reproduction, or like many local companies here in Reno have done, for use as large-scale wall art. Simply click the “search” tab at top, then enter some search terms into the “keywords” box, such as ‘Nevada State Park’ or ‘Tahoe Landscape’ and click search.

Sunrise over Rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Sunrise over Rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Some of the more interesting formations of Cathedral Gorge.

Some of the more interesting formations of Cathedral Gorge.

Some of the more interesting formations of Cathedral Gorge.

Looking out at the walls of Cathedral Gorge from inside one of the many small slot-canyons.

Looking up 80 feet or so to the top of one of the many small slot-canyons in Cathedral Gorge State Park.

Looking up 80 feet or so to the top of one of the many small slot-canyons in Cathedral Gorge State Park.

One of the many small slot-canyons in Cathedral Gorge State Park.

One of the many small slot-canyons in Cathedral Gorge State Park.

Moonrise over rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Hiking trail in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Sunset on rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Sunset on rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.

Sunset over one of the many delicate walls at Cathedral Gorge State Park.

7 image Ultra High-resolution panorama from a Nikon D810

Moonrise on rock formations in Cathedral Gorge state park in South Eastern Nevada, USA.