Aliante Loop Citizen Science Station
in Nevada · centroid 10 mi from Las Vegas
Rolling hills and washes in front of you support desert plants, like the Las Vegas bearpoppy. Anyone can be a citizen scientist! Citizen science is the voluntary involvement of the public in scientific research.
The data you collect as a citizen scientist can assist professional scientists and resource managers in their studies to better understand the park’s natural resources. Join our citizen science project by photographing these plants following the instructions on our Chronolog time lapse station. Your photo, and photos from other citizen scientists will be used to document changes in our native and invasive plants through months and seasons to inform scientists at the monument.
Email captured photos to: upload@chronolog.io with the subject line “TSF-101”. You will receive an email back with a link to view the time-lapse.
- States
- Nevada
- Trail type
- National Monument trail
- Centroid nearest city
- Las Vegas, NV · 10 mi · ~15 min drive
- Centroid coords
- 36.3087°, -115.1783°
About Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
This trail is inside Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a national monument managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/aliante-loop-citizen-science-station.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/tusk/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Aliante Loop Citizen Science Station and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Stay nearby
Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.