Agreed that these sites are quite a outdistance from Vegas, but it is worth your time and a little bit of money you spend to reach there. The Bryce Canyon National Park, which I’d specially like to mention, is about 270 miles from Las Vegas, with a negligible entrance fee of around $20 per vehicle, has an utterly breathless views. While inside the park, lookout for some of the wildlife particularly the Great Basin Rattlesnake, bald eagles, and golden eagles.
Red Rock Canyon is another such great place to visit, its also a very good deviation form the regular flashy life of Vegas. Its just 30 minutes drive from the famous Las Vegas Strip, its your perfect desert excursion, but its also a popular place for Las Vegas Weddings.
Lake Mead is another great area nearby in which to enjoy the great outdoors of the Nevada desert. Lake Mead is a man-made lake and the 16th largest of its kind in this hemisphere. This lake was created by the Colorado River and the Hoover Dam and is about 1.5 million acres (I don’t know about you but that figure to me is actually staggering). This area is a very popular area for boating, swimming, and as wildlife observation area.
My Las Vegas travel tips for readers of my blog will be, get a little ways out of Vegas otherwise you’ll never notice the sun going down for all the bright lights.
