Distance from Las Vegas: 2 hours, 40 minutes (160 miles). Zion is one of our country’s most visited national parks, in part because it is within a day’s drive of several metropolitan areas ...

Las Vegas, Nevada, is just a short drive away from beautiful national parks, including Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, and Joshua Tree.

These national monuments and parks near Las Vegas offer an outdoor adventure for nature lovers. ... 15 Best Day Trips From Las Vegas—From National Parks to the Extraterrestrial Highway .

National parks offer free admission Saturday for the start of National Park Week. Here's where to go near Reno, Las Vegas and other parts of Nevada.

Las Vegas is a comfortable drive to Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks in Utah, Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada and Death Valley National Park and Mojave National Preserve in California.

Few people associate Las Vegas with hiking, but hear me out. My first few visits to Las Vegas ended with road trips to nearby national parks—Death Valley, the Grand Canyon—and natural wonders ...

On June 17, Las Vegas authorities announced that a local volunteer search-and-rescue team had spotted a shiny, metallic monolith near Gass Peak in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of the ...

A shutdown could also close national parks near Arizona including Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas and Zion National Park in Utah. Reach the reporter at rstern ...