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Fodor's Essential Southwest: The Best of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah
Whether you want to take in the views from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, explore Salt...

Nevada is a vast state with most of its population clustered in a certain Sin City in the southwest corner, where more than 40 million people visit annually. Stark desert beauty and a bit of the Wild West is found in much of the rest of Nevada, particularly in Great Basin National Park, where high desert meets alpine forest. Straddling the California/Nevada state line is the Sierra Nevada resort region of Lake Tahoe and Reno, which beckons naturalists, campers, boaters, and those looking for similar action to Las Vegas in a more local setting.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas knows what everyone wants and delivers it in spades. Megaresorts fund their 45-foot bronze lions, half-size Eiffel Towers, and towering...

Lake Tahoe

You don't need a highway sign to know when you've crossed from California into Nevada: the flashing lights and elaborate marquees of casinos...

Southeast Nevada

Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona, are separated by a unique state line: the Colorado River. It's an interesting juxtaposition of...

Great Basin National Park

As you drive from the vast, sagebrush-dotted desert near Great Basin National Park’s entrance into the cool alpine forests at the top of its...

Reno

Established in 1859 as a trading station at a bridge over the Truckee River, Reno grew along with the silver mines of nearby Virginia City and...

Outside Great Basin National Park

An hour's drive west of the park, at the intersection of three U.S. highways, Ely (population 4,000) is the largest town for hours in every...

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Incline Village

Incline Village dates from the early 1960s, when an Oklahoma developer bought 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe. His idea was to sketch out a...

Stateline

Stateline is the archetypal Nevada border town. Its four high-rise casinos are as vertical and contained as the commercial district of South...

Mt. Charleston

In winter Las Vegans drive about an hour to crowd the upper elevations of the Spring Mountains to throw snowballs, sled, cross-country ski,...

Boulder City

In the early 1930s Boulder City was built by the federal government to house 5,000 construction workers on the Hoover Dam project. A strict...

Lake Mead

Lake Mead is actually the Colorado River backed up behind Hoover Dam, making it the nation's largest man-made reservoir: it covers 225 square...

Hoover Dam

In 1928 Congress authorized $175 million for construction of a dam on the Colorado River to control destructive floods, provide a steady water...

Crystal Bay

Right at the Nevada border, Crystal Bay contains a few casinos whose glory has long faded. There’s not much lodging, and the largest property...

Zephyr Cove

The largest settlement between Incline Village and the Stateline area is Zephyr Cove, a tiny resort. It has a beach, marina, campground, picnic...

Valley of Fire

The 56,000-acre Valley of Fire State Park was dedicated in 1935 as Nevada's first state park. Valley of Fire takes its name from distinctive...

Las Vegas

Las Vegas knows what everyone wants and delivers it in spades. Megaresorts fund their 45-foot bronze lions, half-size Eiffel Towers, and towering...

Lake Tahoe

You don't need a highway sign to know when you've crossed from California into Nevada: the flashing lights and elaborate marquees of casinos...

Southeast Nevada

Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona, are separated by a unique state line: the Colorado River. It's an interesting juxtaposition of...

Great Basin National Park

As you drive from the vast, sagebrush-dotted desert near Great Basin National Park’s entrance into the cool alpine forests at the top of its...

Reno

Established in 1859 as a trading station at a bridge over the Truckee River, Reno grew along with the silver mines of nearby Virginia City and...

Outside Great Basin National Park

An hour's drive west of the park, at the intersection of three U.S. highways, Ely (population 4,000) is the largest town for hours in every...

Laughlin

...

Incline Village

Incline Village dates from the early 1960s, when an Oklahoma developer bought 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe. His idea was to sketch out a...

Stateline

Stateline is the archetypal Nevada border town. Its four high-rise casinos are as vertical and contained as the commercial district of South...

Mt. Charleston

In winter Las Vegans drive about an hour to crowd the upper elevations of the Spring Mountains to throw snowballs, sled, cross-country ski,...

Boulder City

In the early 1930s Boulder City was built by the federal government to house 5,000 construction workers on the Hoover Dam project. A strict...

Lake Mead

Lake Mead is actually the Colorado River backed up behind Hoover Dam, making it the nation's largest man-made reservoir: it covers 225 square...

Hoover Dam

In 1928 Congress authorized $175 million for construction of a dam on the Colorado River to control destructive floods, provide a steady water...

Crystal Bay

Right at the Nevada border, Crystal Bay contains a few casinos whose glory has long faded. There’s not much lodging, and the largest property...

Zephyr Cove

The largest settlement between Incline Village and the Stateline area is Zephyr Cove, a tiny resort. It has a beach, marina, campground, picnic...

Valley of Fire

The 56,000-acre Valley of Fire State Park was dedicated in 1935 as Nevada's first state park. Valley of Fire takes its name from distinctive...

Las Vegas

Las Vegas knows what everyone wants and delivers it in spades. Megaresorts fund their 45-foot bronze lions, half-size Eiffel Towers, and towering...

Reno

Established in 1859 as a trading station at a bridge over the Truckee River, Reno grew along with the silver mines of nearby Virginia City and...

Laughlin

...

Incline Village

Incline Village dates from the early 1960s, when an Oklahoma developer bought 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe. His idea was to sketch out a...

Stateline

Stateline is the archetypal Nevada border town. Its four high-rise casinos are as vertical and contained as the commercial district of South...

Boulder City

In the early 1930s Boulder City was built by the federal government to house 5,000 construction workers on the Hoover Dam project. A strict...

Crystal Bay

Right at the Nevada border, Crystal Bay contains a few casinos whose glory has long faded. There’s not much lodging, and the largest property...

Zephyr Cove

The largest settlement between Incline Village and the Stateline area is Zephyr Cove, a tiny resort. It has a beach, marina, campground, picnic...

Las Vegas

Las Vegas knows what everyone wants and delivers it in spades. Megaresorts fund their 45-foot bronze lions, half-size Eiffel Towers, and towering...

Reno

Established in 1859 as a trading station at a bridge over the Truckee River, Reno grew along with the silver mines of nearby Virginia City and...

Laughlin

...

Incline Village

Incline Village dates from the early 1960s, when an Oklahoma developer bought 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe. His idea was to sketch out a...

Stateline

Stateline is the archetypal Nevada border town. Its four high-rise casinos are as vertical and contained as the commercial district of South...

Boulder City

In the early 1930s Boulder City was built by the federal government to house 5,000 construction workers on the Hoover Dam project. A strict...

Crystal Bay

Right at the Nevada border, Crystal Bay contains a few casinos whose glory has long faded. There’s not much lodging, and the largest property...

Zephyr Cove

The largest settlement between Incline Village and the Stateline area is Zephyr Cove, a tiny resort. It has a beach, marina, campground, picnic...

Lake Tahoe

You don't need a highway sign to know when you've crossed from California into Nevada: the flashing lights and elaborate marquees of casinos...

Southeast Nevada

Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona, are separated by a unique state line: the Colorado River. It's an interesting juxtaposition of...

Outside Great Basin National Park

An hour's drive west of the park, at the intersection of three U.S. highways, Ely (population 4,000) is the largest town for hours in every...

Lake Mead

Lake Mead is actually the Colorado River backed up behind Hoover Dam, making it the nation's largest man-made reservoir: it covers 225 square...

Valley of Fire

The 56,000-acre Valley of Fire State Park was dedicated in 1935 as Nevada's first state park. Valley of Fire takes its name from distinctive...

Lake Tahoe

You don't need a highway sign to know when you've crossed from California into Nevada: the flashing lights and elaborate marquees of casinos...

Southeast Nevada

Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona, are separated by a unique state line: the Colorado River. It's an interesting juxtaposition of...

Outside Great Basin National Park

An hour's drive west of the park, at the intersection of three U.S. highways, Ely (population 4,000) is the largest town for hours in every...

Lake Mead

Lake Mead is actually the Colorado River backed up behind Hoover Dam, making it the nation's largest man-made reservoir: it covers 225 square...

Valley of Fire

The 56,000-acre Valley of Fire State Park was dedicated in 1935 as Nevada's first state park. Valley of Fire takes its name from distinctive...

Great Basin National Park

As you drive from the vast, sagebrush-dotted desert near Great Basin National Park’s entrance into the cool alpine forests at the top of its...

Great Basin National Park

As you drive from the vast, sagebrush-dotted desert near Great Basin National Park’s entrance into the cool alpine forests at the top of its...

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