How to spend your day at the Springs Preserve
With 180 acres of scenery, wildlife, exhibits and attractions, it can be a bit tough to figure out where to start on your visit to the Springs Preserve. From the flash flood exhibit in the Origen Museum to the beauty of the Botanical Gardens, make your to-do list for your next visit!
Springs Preserve - Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas Springs Preserve consists of 180 acres dedicated to nature walks and displays and is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The Preserve is located approximately three miles west of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Preserve is built around the original water source for Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Springs.
The Springs Preserve includes colorful desert botanical gardens, museum galleries, outdoor concert and event venues, an indoor theater, historic photo gallery and a series of walking trails that meander through a wetland habitat.
Take a walk through scenic wetland habitats or enjoy the many events at the Springs Preserve.
The Springs Preserve Desert Living Center, Gardens, Trails, Parking Deck and Pump Station was designed by LGA, an architecture firm at the foreground of sustainability in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Nevada State Museum at Springs Preserve
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Tourism Round Table at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and local business leaders meet at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve to discuss strategies for boosting local and national tourism.
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Barack Obama held a discussion about energy at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 24, 2008.
Elizabeth Warren Holds Rally at Las Vegas Springs Preserve
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Springs Elemental Show 160 (October/November 2018)
It’s the one place in Las Vegas where there’s mathematical order in our natural universe, hummingbirds bring joy and wonder to our gardens, trees anchor and cool our landscapes, and there are many more stories at the Springs Preserve...where all that matters is what’s elemental.
Las Vegas Train Depot
Step inside to learn how the railroad transformed Las Vegas from a dusty desert watering stop to one of the world’s most exciting destinations. Here you’ll also be able to try your hand at sending a message in Morse Code using a telegraph machine, use a train whistle to alert townspeople, and catch up on the news of the day at a vintage newsstand. Learn more about Boomtown 1905 at
Salt Flats, Las Vegas, Nevada in USA
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Clockwise from top: Downtown, Stratosphere Tower, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Clark County Government Center, World Market Center, Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Las Vegas Arts District
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Etymology: Spanish: Las vegas (The meadows)
Nickname(s): Vegas,[1] Sin City, City of Lights, The Gambling Capital of the World,[2] The Entertainment Capital of the World, Capital of Second Chances,[3] The Marriage Capital of the World, The Silver City, America's Playground
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Coordinates: 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″WCoordinates: 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″W
Country United States
State Nevada
County Clark
Founded May 15, 1905
Incorporated March 16, 1911
Government
• Type Council–manager
• Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I)
• City Council
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• City manager Scott D. Adams
Area
• City 135.8 sq mi (352 km2)
• Land 135.8 sq mi (352 km2)
• Water 0.05 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation 2,001 ft (610 m)
Population (2010)[4]
• City 583,756
• Estimate (2018)[5] 644,644
• Density 4,300/sq mi (1,700/km2)
• Urban 2,211,315
• Metro 2,227,053
• CSA 2,462,015 (US: 26th)
Demonym(s) Las Vegan
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Area code(s) 702 & 725
FIPS code 32-40000
GNIS feature ID 0847388
Major airport LAS
Interstate Highways I-15, I-515
Other major highways US 93, US 95, NV 159, NV 599, NV 604, CC 215
Website lasvegasnevada.gov
Las Vegas (/lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs/,[6] Spanish for The Meadows; Spanish: [laz ˈβeɣas]), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert.[7] Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.
The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its mega casino–hotels and associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world.[8][9][10] Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the world's most visited tourist destinations.[11][12] The city's tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for literature, films, television programs, and music videos.
Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, it was the most populated American city founded within that century (a similar distinction earned by Chicago in the 1800s). Population growth has accelerated since the 1960s, and between 1990 and 2000 the population nearly doubled, increasing by 85.2%. Rapid growth has continued into the 21st century, and according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had 648,224 residents in 2018,[13] with a metropolitan population of 2,227,053.[4]
As with most major metropolitan areas, the name of the primary city (Las Vegas in this case) is often used to describe areas beyond official city limits. In the case of Las Vegas, this especially applies to the areas on and near the Las Vegas Strip, which is actually located within the unincorporated communities of Paradise and Winchester.[14][15]
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Beyond Las Vegas: Nevada’s Wild Basin and Range Region Needs Protection
Just two hours from Las Vegas, Nevada’s Basin and Range region boasts unspoiled land rich in historical, cultural, and natural resources. To preserve these wilderness treasures, residents are urging protection for the area.
Keeping this large area intact would help conserve irreplaceable Native American rock art, preserving a glimpse into the lives and culture of some of the earliest Americans. Permanent protection would shield wildlife habitat for mule deer, pronghorn, elk, and greater sage-grouse. It also would protect the area’s rare and sensitive plants—one of which, the White River catseye, is found nowhere else on the planet.
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Butterfly Habitat at Springs Preserve Las Vegas
Please wander with us on a nature walk through the beautiful butterfly habitat at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas.
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Folies Bergere
The title of the current exhibit at the Nevada State Museum is as phenomenal as its subject, Les Folies Bergere: Entertaining Las Vegas One Rhinestone at a Time. And the artistry, beauty and historic importance of the Tropicana's long-running Parisian cabaret are represented by a wide selection of costumes, photographs and personal accounts from this fondly remembered age of spectacular showman- and showgirl-ship.
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Historic Picnic
The Springs Preserve has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its role in the origins of Las Vegas, and we honor that designation every day by protecting our rich cultural resources while making them a lively part of our community’s future by reviving sites like our traditional picnic grounds on the exploration loop trail.
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Springs Preserve E16, Las Vegas NV, Nature's Ninjas presentation & exhibition w/ information links!
SSGL here with our last of our Summer related vlogs. We step into Nature's Ninjas at Springs Preserve and take a close look at the featured Wild Life! Vid timeline and info links:
(0:01) Intro.
(0:34) Nature's Ninjas presentation:
We took the scenes from the presentation when the audience was allowed to close in and interact with 4 of the featured animals: snake, turtle, amarillo and spider. Afterwards, we proceeded to...
(5:29) Nature's Ninjas exibition:
(6:05) North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
(6:22) African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventrix)
(7:08) Box turtle (Terrapene calorina)
(7:20) Mata mata (Chelus fimbriata)
(7:40) Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius)
(8:06) Giant Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
(8:34) Cuban false chameleon/Western bearded anole (Anolis barbatus)
(8:58) Central bearded dragon (Pogons vitticeps)
(9:42) California kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
(10:07) Unknown snake.
(10:24) Ball python (Python regius)
(10:47) Budgerigar (parakeet) (Melopsittacus undulatus)
(11:35) Cornsnake (Pantherophis guttatus)
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Springs Preserve E17, Las Vegas NV, Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze, 7 fun interactive activities!
Already then, the fun at Springs Preserve is back! We first step into the exhibit's main attraction: the Mirror Maze. Then we go and take a close look of the activities! Vid timeline:
(0:01) Intro.
(0:25) The Mirror Maze:
The exhibit's main attraction. As one makes his way through this color changing maze, one can find hidden facts about patterns.
(4:47) The Numbers in Nature exhibit:
This exhibit focuses on seeing things by looking at their patterns, both nature and man made. Thus, it's also about the applications that can be done via the use of patterns.
(6:46) Patterns in Architecture:
Designing with patterns.
(7:25) Voronoi Patterns gallery.
Type of patterns found in nature.
(8:12) Seeing Patterns.
Hands on an attraction that shows patterns from nature, mostly from plant life.
(15:00) Designing with Fractals.
Mathematical pattern application. Used to design maps amongst other things. Hands on operation of attraction.
(18:52) Drawing Patterns: Golden Ratio.
Hands on with the attraction.
(24:25) Patterns in you:
Finally, patterns found in oneself! Hands on with attraction. Full measurements of myself taken!
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Durable Derricks
Las Vegas is one of the youngest major metropolitan cities in the continental United States. Since it was founded in 1905, its population has soared past cities almost 4 times as old. Essential to this rapid growth has been its ability to find and supply water. Long before we were able to draw water up from the Colorado River, the only source for this precious resource in this entire region laid under the ground that is now the Springs Preserve. Learn more:
Native American History at the Springs Preserve
Learn about Ancestral Puebloans, Patayans Mojave and Paiute tribes at the Springs Preserve. We have evidence of human activity going back 3,000-5,000 years, with evidence of Ancestral Puebloan pit houses.
Beyond the lights: natural wonders abound near the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas is known for its rock’n’roll lifestyle, full of glitz and glamour. But leave the Strip and you’ll find a different rock scene: two parks that contrast with city life. In this video, local guides walk you through Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park, highlighting unusual views, climbing trails for the adventurous and ancient artwork. “The desert is alive here,” says Cody Tingey, southern regional manager of Nevada state parks.
Paid for by: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Springs Elemental Episode 156
It’s the one place in Las Vegas where exciting benefits make becoming a member a must, the fun in our newest traveling exhibit really adds up, treading our trails unveils historical treasures, and there are many more stories at the Springs Preserve... where all that matters is what’s elemental.
Las Vegas, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park is a public recreation area 20 miles south-west of Las Vegas.
The spring-fed creek and grassy meadows formed an oasis. In the 1800s, this area was used extensively by outlaws involved in Indian slave trading, horse stealing and raids upon passing caravans.
In 1948, Chester Lauck, who ran national radio shows and made movies, purchased the Ranch and named it the Bar Nothing Ranch. The area became a retreat for his family from their lifestyle in Los Angeles. The Laucks built the main sandstone residence, now the park office and visitor center. They also built a boys camp for their sons. Soon paying guests expanded this operation.
In 1955, the Laucks sold the ranch to German actress Vera Krupp. Vera, born in Germany, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1947. She married German industrialist Alfried Krupp, her fourth husband, in 1952. Though Mr. Krupp was not allowed to come to the United States due to his conviction for war crimes in World War II, his wife came back to the states. They divorced in 1957. Vera renamed the ranch Spring Mountain Ranch and hoped to raise a strain of white-faced Herefords and Brahmas.
Mrs. Krupp lived at the ranch until 1964, when she moved to Bel Air due to poor health. During her ownership she modified the interior of the main house and added a swimming pool and bedroom with a secret passage. In addition, a guest house, various sheds and a kennel for her Great Danes were built in the service area of the ranch.
A famous story from the Krupp period involved the theft of the Krupp Diamond. On April 10, 1959, as Vera and ranch employee Harold Brotherson ate dinner, three men forced their way into the main house, stole the 33.6-carat blue-white diamond and fled. It was recovered six weeks later in New Jersey. The diamond was sold as part of the estate of Vera Krupp after she died in 1967.
Richard Burton bought the Krupp diamond on May 17, 1968 at an auction in New York for $307,000, and presented to his wife Elizabeth Taylor with the diamond on their yacht, the Kalizma while it was moored on the River Thames in London.
Taylor died in 2011 and the diamond was auctioned at Christie's by her estate on 16 December 2011, having been renamed the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond. It was sold for $8,818,500 (including buyer's premium, $9.39 million as of 2017), to the South Korean conglomerate E-Land, setting a record price per karat US$265,697 for a colorless diamond.
In 1967, Mrs. Krupp sold the ranch to Howard Hughes for a reputed $625,000. At this time, Hughes was living in the Desert Sands Hotel which he acquired shortly before buying the ranch. Hughes's involvement in southern Nevada began in the 1950s with frequent visits to the area. He began investing heavily in Las Vegas real estate in 1967, eventually owning several major hotel/casinos, vast tracts of undeveloped land surrounding the city and more than 700 mining claims.
Spring Mountain Ranch, as far as it is known, never hosted Hughes himself. It was mainly used by Hughe's employees, particularly Robert Maheu, his right-hand man. The 528-acre property sold in 1972 to business partners Fletcher Jones and William Murphy for $1.5 million. At the time, this sale fueled reports that Hughes was divesting himself of Las Vegas properties due to difficulties with Nevada gaming authorities. Hughes died in 1976.
Fletcher Jones and William Murphy, partners in many land development deals, wanted to build a large equestrian-oriented residential neighborhood that would support up to 2,000 people. A public outcry encouraged the Clark County Planning Commission to stall their application for rezoning. When stiff opposition to the plans formed, Jones announced his intention to auction the property.
In 1968, the Bureau of Land Management completed a master development plan for the area. This plan included a relatively high level of recreation development and met with stiff opposition from environmental groups. A new plan, developed jointly with Nevada State Parks, later became final and Spring Mountain Ranch became a state park in 1973.
In 1976, Spring Mountain Ranch was entered into the Historic Register of Historic Places as a historic district.
Because of the higher elevation, the ranch offers a diverse opportunity for plant study. Four plant communities are represented: Desert Scrub, Black brush, Pinon-Juniper, and Riparian. Plants typical of the desert as well as woodland can be seen, and with adequate rainfall, the spring brings a burst of wildflowers. Common species sighted are desert marigold, globe mallow, brittlebush, Joshua Tree, Mojave yucca, and indigo bush.
Animal life is diverse but nocturnal, so many species go unseen. Typical desert animals include a variety of lizards and snakes, antelope, ground squirrels, jackrabbits, cottontail rabbits, kit foxes, and coyotes. Higher elevation species include rock squirrel, badger, mule deer, and bighorn sheep.