Apr 25, 2018 — Valley of Fires is a campground just off the road, an area of lava flow originating from one vent now known as Little Black Peak. The flow is 45 miles long, but Valley of Fires BLM is located on a small island of land amongst the black volcanic rock. Though I technically did two short hikes here, I combined them into one trip report. The first is a marked interpretive trail called the Malpais Nature Trail (parking coordinates: 33.68304,-105.922684), and the second didn't have a name, so I called it the Lava Flow Oasis, since it leads out to another small grassy island. The former is a boardwalk safely taking you around in a loop to see the lava. The latter is a lightly cairned route to get out to a hump of land in the middle of the lava flow. It's a pretty cool little spot. You can see Sierra Blanca Peak in the distance.
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