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Searchlight is located at the junction of two highways; U.S. Route 95 which connects towards Boulder City and the Las Vegas Valley in the north and Needles, California in the south, and Nevada State Route 164 which has its eastern terminus in Searchlight and heads west towards the California border from where it becomes Nipton Road and ...
Russell Road is a section line road within the Las Vegas Valley of Clark County, Nevada. It is no longer a continuous road through the valley, as Harry Reid International Airport interrupts its right of way. The eastern section terminates at the eastern edge of the airport, with the road resuming at Las Vegas Boulevard on the western edge of ...
U.S. Route 95 enters Nevada near Cal-Nev-Ari in Clark County and heads north towards Railroad Pass, where it meets Interstate 11 and US 93.. The three routes are then co-signed in the Las Vegas Valley and east of Henderson, I-11 is co-signed with US 93/95 for its entire route around the eastern Las Vegas Valley.
The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard immediately south of the city of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada.The Strip is known for its concentration of casinos and resort hotels, including the 43-story Mandalay Bay southwest of its intersection with Mandalay Bay Road, in the unincorporated town of Paradise.
In 2009 Las Vegas was identified by the FBI as one of 14 cities in the U.S. with high rates of child prostitution. [53] Las Vegas police claimed that "roughly 400 children are picked off the streets from prostitution each year." [54] The U.S. Justice Department has also named Las Vegas among the 17 most likely destinations for human trafficking ...
Palm trees are seen on the grounds of the Las Vegas Nevada Temple in Sunrise Manor, August 2006. It is home of the Las Vegas Nevada Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was dedicated on December 16, 1989. Sam's Town Las Vegas, a casino and entertainment venue that is part of the Boulder Strip, is located in Sunrise ...
In present-day Las Vegas, the site is at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue, less than one mile north of the downtown area and Fremont Street. This is the only U.S. state park located in a city that houses the first building ever built in that city. [ 4 ]
Mount Charleston is a year-round getaway for Las Vegas's residents and visitors, with a number of hiking trails, a modest ski area, a hotel and a small restaurant. The mountain, which is snow-capped more than half the year, can be seen from parts of the Las Vegas Strip when looking toward the west.