Las Vegas is located in the middle of the desert ... Get Outdoors Nevada has invited thousands of locals and visitors to utilize the stunning array of wilderness near Vegas, but there's still ...

(Getty Images) Not far south of the Las Vegas Strip is a quiet, 48,438-acre protected area of desert ... near Las Vegas in the winter? Lee Canyon is the only ski resort in all of southern Nevada ...

A mysterious monolith has appeared in the Nevada ... near Gass Peak, part of the vast Desert National Wildlife Refuge. At 6,937 feet, it is among the highest peaks in the area north of Las Vegas.