Las Vegas
The Strip runs 4.2 miles along Las Vegas Boulevard, the airport sits 2 miles off its south end, and Downtown is another 2 miles north of it. Around them is desert where July averages 104.5°F by day. These guides are written the way the Reno–Tahoe ones are: what it costs, how far it is, and who should skip it.
Plan the trip
Getting in from the airport, whether to rent a car, where to sleep and when to come.
The city
The Strip, Downtown, the shows and what costs nothing.
Day trips
Everything here is a drive of 17 to 275 miles each way, and most of it is desert.
- Death Valley from Las Vegas: The Drive, Fees, Heat
- Grand Canyon from Las Vegas: West Rim or South Rim
- Hoover Dam from Las Vegas: Tours, Fees and Parking
- Mount Charleston from Las Vegas: Closures, Lee Canyon
- Red Rock Canyon from Las Vegas: Timed Entry and Fees
- Valley of Fire from Las Vegas: Fees, Trails, Closures
The casinos themselves, the rules and the odds: Gambling in Nevada: Reno and Lake Tahoe Guide.
Where the day trips are
Las Vegas, the airport and the day trips in these guides. Click a marker for its name.
Nevada Explorer started in Reno, with live road and pass conditions for the Sierra: Reno–Tahoe. The drive between the two cities is US-95, about 440 miles.