Double negative land art visit trip

[Megawatt]

I have been living in Vegas for 15+ years, just recently found out about the Double Negative land art that was created in 1969 by artist Michael Heizer. Here is a linky for info on the history if you want, it’s a ditch in the desert but they call it art. ?. Ditch linky

Two 1500’ long, 50’ deep, 30’ wide trenches made in 1969. It is not maintained and when it’s gone its gone forever. The desert is vast but I was able to find it. There are no signs and I don’t know the coordinates but I found it.

One hour North of Vegas and about 15 minutes outside of Moapa, NV. I came, I saw, and I had to laugh a little. But I can say I have seen it. Still better than sitting at home watching tv. More one on one time with the new truck.


Smooth road towards the top of the Mesa Because there are s few homes in the area on the downhill side of the Mesa.....

This is the typical offroad terrain in the desert out here. Rocky, sharp and hard stuff everywhere. It is never a smooth ride, it will rattle your tooth fillings.

Two ditches, the second is in the distance on the other side of the canyon.

Second cut is in background over the tail gate.

More pics soon on the ride home.

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[Megawatt]

South Nevada highway driving. This is the road parallel to Lake Meade the lake formed by the Hoover dam. We don’t have trees, just dirt and rocks.

Lake Mead / Colorado river over the hood. The land on the other side is Arizona.

 

[Okanagan Winemaker]

Thanks for that. Very cool to see the desert geography.

 

[dmeyer302]

Nice pics. Somebody had way too much time on their hands (the "artist" not Megawatt)

 

[Jtholz]

Nice pics. I love taking Lakeshore Drive to Overton on the motorcycle. Always an enjoyable trip.

 

[GitRDone]

Nice pics, but hard to tell what we're looking at. Is this viewable on Google Earth?

 

[Megawatt]

Nice pics, but hard to tell what we're looking at. Is this viewable on Google Earth?

yes

 

[Rick - Saber]

Amazing what some 'artists' consider as 'art' these days. At least you got some nice, quality 'Me Time ' with your Ranger with a pretty vista on the way there and back.

 

[Megawatt]

I'm a fan of this site called Atlas Obscura. It's basically a database of all the weird and unknown and off the beaten path interesting things out there. I remember seeing a posting about the Double Negative installation awhile back. It's a nice database because not only does it give a little description and history of the place, but also a "know before you go" section and the GPS coordinates.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/double-negative-3

Nice site, thanks. I will be using that because there are many things out in this area. Who knew dynamite and dozers digging a hole could be called creating a “sculpture“.

 

[port43]

I would imagine doing something like that today would get you thrown in jail because "critical habitat."

 

[MTB-BRUH]

Very cool, thanks for sharing

 

[9zero1790]

beautiful !

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