Exploring Red Rock Canyon Scenic Loop at 1500ft Legally with a Drone

We visited Red Rock Canyon in Nevada a couple of weeks ago. It's located just west of Las Vegas, an easy 40 minute drive from downtown. While the park has a few areas restricted from flying a drone over, they were fairly friendly to deal with.

This video was taken around the 10 mile marker, scenic outlook, on the 13 mile Scenic Loop. It costs $15 per carload to access the visitors center and drive the loop. You can only stop in designated outlook areas and the traffic is one-way only.

The peaks near this scenic outlook parking area rose more than 1.500ft above the parking lot altitude. A little known fact is that drones are limited to 400 AGL, which means 400ft above ground level. Since the drone was flying in between the peaks, this meant that we could legally keep going higher and higher, as long as we were within 400ft distance from the nearby peaks. We stopped at 1,500 feet for safety reasons and to maintain visual line of sight with the drone.

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