page_title: Las Vegas Valley
section_title: Parks and attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Las Vegas Valley / Culture and the arts / Parks and attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Mount Charleston and Trout Canyon near Las Vegas Nevada. Charleston Peak is at rear left, Trout Canyon in foreground.
context_page_description: The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada. The Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a 600 sq mi basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas. Eleven unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada.
  The names Las Vegas and Vegas are interchangeably used to indicate the Valley, the Strip, and the city, and as a brand by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to denominate the region. The Valley is affectionately known as the "ninth island" by Hawaii natives and Las Vegans alike, in part due to the large number of people originally from Hawaii who live in and regularly travel to Las Vegas.
context_section_description: Acacia Demonstration Gardens
  The Amanda & Stacy Darling Memorial Tennis Center
  Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex
  Clark County Shooting Park
  Clark County Wetlands Park
  Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs
  Hoover Dam
  Lake Mead National Recreation Area
  Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  Las Vegas Springs Preserve
  Mount Charleston
  Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
  Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
  Sunset Park
  Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
  Valley of Fire State Park
  Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas
caption: Mount Charleston
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