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3 days ago · Las Vegas’s historic core lies at a site once occupied by marshes, freshwater springs, and grassy meadows (hence the city’s name; vegas is Spanish for “meadows”), long since covered by streets, buildings, and parking lots. The modern-day city sprawls across a broad, arid valley at an elevation of roughly 2,000 feet (610 metres).
3 days ago · Las Vegas - Climate, Desert, Oasis: Las Vegas is hot and dry for most of the year. The average daily temperature is 68 °F (20 °C); the average high is 80 °F (27 °C) and the average low is 56 °F (13 °C).
2 days ago · The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip, as it is known, is about 4.2 mi (6.8 km) long, [1] and is immediately south of the Las Vegas city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester, but is often referred to ...
22 hours ago · LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake was reported southwest of Las Vegas Monday afternoon. The quake was felt around 1 p.m. in the Mojave Desert, with an epicenter about 13 miles east ...
4 days ago · [Designing for the Desert] is picking up on all those things that we have known for millennia—not centuries, but millennia. People have always lived at the edge of the desert, even in the desert ...
1 day ago · A stretch of the major highway between California and Las Vegas was closed for 48 hours after a tractor trailer carrying hazardous materials overturned and caught on fire.
3 days ago · Ride in style through the Mojave Desert while you learn about its geology, ecology and history. Before you know it, you’ll arrive at Valley of Fire—Nevada’s first and largest state park. Covering over 40,000 acres, your expert guide will show you the best the park has to offer.
