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The southern portion of the Las Vegas Range has the linear ridgelines ending at the massif at the south, defining the northern Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area, including the city of North Las Vegas. Region. The range is on the southeast of the Sheep Range, which itself is a massive north–south range. Both ranges are Basin and Range block ...
The Las Vegas Valley is the home of three major professional teams: the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team that began play in the 2017–18 NHL season at T-Mobile Arena in nearby Paradise, [102] the National Football League (NFL)'s Las Vegas Raiders, who relocated from Oakland, California, in 2020 and play at ...
The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829.[10] [11] [12] Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, [4] including Rivera, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area consists of 47,180 acres (19,090 ha) [1] covering a part of Clark County, Nevada, that lies just west of the city of Las Vegas, between that city and Mount Charleston. [2] The area includes La Madre Mountain and several archaeological areas including the Brownstone Canyon Archaeological District.
U.S. Route 93 in Nevada starts in Las Vegas and travels north to Idaho flowing the east part of Nevada. Nevada State Route 610 is called Lamb Boulevard in Las Vegas. U.S. Route 95 in Nevada starts in Las Vegas and travels north to Idaho following the west part of Nevada. Nevada State Route 579 starts in Las Vegas and travels east, parts called ...
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With an area around 860 square miles (2,200 km 2), and a vertical range of nearly 2 miles (3.2 km), the mountains encompass a wide variety of habitats, and the biological diversity is probably greater than anywhere else in Nevada; 37 species of trees are known (more than any other Nevadan range), and 600 species of vascular plants have been ...
Las Vegas was the largest city founded in the 20th century, [33] and by 2006 it was the 28th largest city in the U.S., with a population of 552,000 in the city and nearly 1.8 million in Clark County. Heightened growth resulted in rapid development of commercial and residential areas throughout the Las Vegas Valley.