Southeast Nevada Lakes and Recreation
7 Featured Places
Horsethief Gulch Campground is near Eagle Valley Reservoir and Spring Valley State Park. Desert National Wildlife Range encompasses 1.6 million acres of the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada 25 miles north of Las Vegas, and is the largest national wildlife refuge in the continental 48 states. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area rock climbers dot the cliffs in this world-class climbing area.Also in this area: Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
Communities in the Las Vegas and Paradise, NV Area
Las Vegas Paradise Henderson Sunrise Manor Spring Valley North Las Vegas Winchester Whitney Enterprise Nellis AFB Summerlin South Indian Springs Mount Charleston Blue Diamond
Man-made lakes, ponds, dikes, and dams in the area
Kyle Canyon Detention Pittman East Detention Basin Upper Flamingo Wash North Las Vegas Detention Basin Lower Duck Creek Tropicana Wash Detention Basin Angel Park North Detention Basin East C-1 Detention Basin Lone Mountain Detention Basin Carey/Lake Mead Detention Las Vegas Wash Lower Detention Basin Cheyenne Peaking Detention Basin Mission Hills Detention Basin Henderson Wastewater Treatment Ponds Wastewater Treatment Lagoons Angel Park South Detention Basin Meadows Detention Basin Mccoullough Hills Park Detention Basin Mccarran Airfield Detention Dam Black Mountain Detention Basin Pioneer Detention Basin River Mountains Water Treatment Impound Dam Anthem Detention Basin Ii Pittman Park Detention Basin Desert Inn Detention Basin Hemenway Valley Flood Control Dams Moapa Energy Facility North Evaporation Pond Moapa Energy Facility South Evaporation Pond Aaron Way Detention Basin Lake Las Vegas North Shore Detention Basin A Oakey Detention Upper Las Vegas Wash Detention Basin Gowan Detention West Range Wash Diversion Dike Equestrian Detention Basin Van Buskirk Channel Detention Basin - Site A