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Nevada is the driest state in the United States. [3] It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the Las Vegas Valley, the average summer diurnal temperature range approaches 40 °F (22 °C) in much of the state.
This is a list of highest points in the U.S. state of Nevada, in alphabetical order by county.
Las Vegas, [6] often known simply as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States. [7] [8] Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine ...
Opponents of the creation of Nevada State College feared at the time that its creation would take resources from UNLV. [13] However, proponents of the college argued the "proposed college would be up to $3,000 cheaper than educating them at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Harry Reid International Airport ( IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas in the unincorporated area of Paradise and covers 2,800 acres (11 km 2) of land. Reid is owned by Clark County and operated by the county's department ...
Summerlin is a community in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada. It lies at the edge of the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon to the west; it includes the census-designated place of Summerlin South, is partly within the official city limits of Las Vegas and partly within unincorporated Clark County. This community occupies over 22,500 acres and holds over 230 parks, more than two dozen ...
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [Notes 2] [Notes 3] The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits of Nevada by elevation.
North Las Vegas campus. Henderson campus. The College of Southern Nevada ( CSN) is a public community college in Clark County, Nevada. The college has more than 2,500 teaching and non-teaching staff and is the largest public college or university in Nevada. [1] [2] It is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education .