Looking to escape the Las Vegas Valley and embrace the great outdoors?

Circle this date on your calendar: Saturday, Nov. 22. That’s the day Valley of Fire State Park in Overton unveils its new $30 million visitor center.

The celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. and will last until 3 p.m., park officials said in a news release.

Last year, the Nevada Division of State Parks broke ground on the new visitor center, which will feature “state of the art” exhibits that explain the cultural and geological history of the park.

The center also will replicate the park’s slot canyons and other landscapes, and include a larger gift shop and outdoor amphitheater that can seat up to 200 guests, the agency said.

When Valley of Fire, Nevada’s first state park, opened in the mid-1930s, it saw 9,000 visitors

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