Mountains and Views Around Las Vegas
 
DEM of Las Vegas Area

 

DNWR view
Sheep Range and Las Vegas Range

2. North edge of the Las Vegas Valley. The Sheep Range runs north-south between Highways 95 and 93. The Las Vegas Range runs east-west along the north edge of town.

Photo taken from Summerlin, just south of the Summerlin Parkway. View north.

Muddy Mts view
Muddy Mountains and Sunrise-Frenchman Mountains

3. East edge of the Las Vegas Valley. Muddy Mountain is out between Interstate 15 and Lake Mead. On a clear day, from here you can see Virgin Peak (out near Mesquite), some of the peaks in southwest Utah, and peaks beyond the Overton Arm of Lake Mead. The ridge on the right edge of the photo is the toe of Wilson Ridge, which is in Arizona south of Lake Mead and east of the dam.

Photo taken from Summerlin (Hualapai south of Town Center). View east.

Red Rocks view
Red Rocks (Wilson) Cliffs

7. West edge of the Las Vegas Valley. The northern toe of Blue Diamond Hill can be seen on the left edge of the photo. Blue Diamond Hill blocks most of the view of Red Rocks from town.

Photo taken from West Charleston Blvd near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area boundary. View west.

LaMadre view
La Madre Range

8. West edge of the Las Vegas Valley (north side of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area). This is the south side of the range. The red rocks on the right edge of the photo are the Calico Hills; the white rocks on the left edge of the photo is White Rock Peak; the Spring Mountains (Mt. Charleston) are just left of the photo, and the Red Rocks Cliffs are to the left of the photo

Photo taken from West Charleston Blvd at the Scenic Overlook picnic area in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area boundary. View north.

charleston view
Spring Mountains

9. Northwest edge of the Las Vegas Valley. View looking up Kyle Canyon from the Cowboy Trail Rides parking lot. Griffith Peak, which is the high peak that can be seen from much of Summerlin, is behind Harris Peak in this photo. The north side of the La Madre Range is to the left of the photo.

Photo taken from the Kyle Canyon Road. View west.

 

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