The area
Things to do near our Las Vegas vacation homes
Downtown, the Strip, stadiums, restaurants and day trips, with drive times measured from each home.
Area guide
Pick a home, pick a category.
Choose the home you are booking and the list re-sorts by drive time from that house. Tap a place to see it on the map.
Drive times are measured routes from each home, checked October 28, 2026. Airport, Strip and Fremont Street times come from Google Maps in light evening traffic; the rest are OpenStreetMap routes with no traffic. Allow more time at rush hour and on event nights.
Day trips
Red rock, a dam and a lake within an hour.
32 to 37 min
Red Rock Canyon
A 13-mile scenic drive through red sandstone.
53 to 63 min
Hoover Dam
Tours and a walkway along the top of the dam.
69 to 73 min
Valley of Fire State Park
Nevada’s oldest state park.
Driving in
How far from home?
Driving times to the homes, measured on OpenStreetMap routes with no traffic stops. Most groups from Southern California drive.
St. George, Utah
I-15 south
About 2 hr 10 min
Death Valley (Furnace Creek)
US-95 and NV-373
About 2 hr 40 min
Zion National Park
Springdale, Utah
About 3 hr
Los Angeles
I-15 north
About 5 hr
Palm Springs
I-15 and I-10
About 5 hr 10 min
Grand Canyon South Rim
US-93 and I-40
About 5 hr 30 min
Phoenix
US-93
About 6 hr
San Diego
I-15 north
About 6 hr 10 min
Salt Lake City
I-15 south
About 7 hr
Seasons
Hot summers, mild winters, very little rain.
Average daily highs at Harry Reid International Airport, from NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals.
58°F
January high
78°F
April high
106°F
July high
81°F
October high
Every home has air conditioning. The Soundwave Sanctuary gazebo at Retro Vegas has misters for summer and heaters for winter evenings.
Come back to a house, not a hotel room.
Eight homes, 15 to 25 minutes from the Strip.
