Road trips from Las Vegas

10 road trips that start in or near Las Vegas, from 2 to 10 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

RV & family trips

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What are the best road trips from Las Vegas?

Popular routes starting in or near Las Vegas: Hoover Dam and the Colorado River, Red rock around Las Vegas: Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire, Death Valley loop, Death Valley in depth: Dante’s View to Ubehebe Crater and Great Basin Highway: canyons, ghost towns and charcoal ovens.

Is there a short road trip from Las Vegas?

The shortest is Hoover Dam and the Colorado River: 2 days, about 176 mi.

What is the longest road trip from Las Vegas?

The longest is Utah's five national parks, in one loop from Las Vegas: 8 days, about 931 mi with 11 stops.

Hoover Dam and the Colorado River

Red rock around Las Vegas: Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire

Death Valley loop

Death Valley in depth: Dante’s View to Ubehebe Crater

Great Basin Highway: canyons, ghost towns and charcoal ovens

Extraterrestrial Highway and Nevada ghost towns

Desert art and strange sculpture

Death Valley to Yosemite on the Eastern Sierra

Utah's five national parks, in one loop from Las Vegas

Red walls, starry skies – the great canyon tour through the Southwest

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