# 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.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/road-trips-from/las-vegas-nv/

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.

- [Hoover Dam and the Colorado River](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/colorado-river/): 2 days, 176 mi – From the Las Vegas Strip to Hoover Dam and a London bridge in the Arizona desert.
- [Red rock around Las Vegas: Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b8-valley-of-fire/): 3 days, 150 mi – Two red sandstone parks within an hour of the Strip, joined by the lonely Northshore Road along Lake Mead.
- [Death Valley loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/death-valley/): 3 days, 203 mi – Golden badlands, the lowest point in North America and sand dunes, with a ghost town on the way.
- [Death Valley in depth: Dante’s View to Ubehebe Crater](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-death-valley-deep/): 3 days, 284 mi – Cross Death Valley from the viewpoint above Badwater through painted hills and marble canyons to a volcanic crater and on to Lone Pine.
- [Great Basin Highway: canyons, ghost towns and charcoal ovens](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-great-basin-hwy/): 3 days, 285 mi – North from Las Vegas on US-93 past a wildlife refuge, clay slot canyons and a silver-boom town to beehive ovens and a working railroad in Ely.
- [Extraterrestrial Highway and Nevada ghost towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b8-extraterrestrial-highway/): 3 days, 354 mi – North from Las Vegas past Area 51 on the Extraterrestrial Highway, then south through old mining boomtowns to the gateway of Death Valley.
- [Desert art and strange sculpture](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/desert-art/): 3 days, 393 mi – Neon signs, painted boulders, bottle trees and a mountain painted with slogans.
- [Death Valley to Yosemite on the Eastern Sierra](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/eastern-sierra/): 4 days, 370 mi – From the lowest point in North America to granite walls, by way of tufa towers.
- [Utah's five national parks, in one loop from Las Vegas](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/mighty-five/): 8 days, 931 mi – Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches and Canyonlands, returning past Monument Valley and Horseshoe Bend.
- [Red walls, starry skies – the great canyon tour through the Southwest](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-002-southwest-canyon-grand-tour/): 10 days, 738 mi – Six national parks in ten days: from the neon lights of Las Vegas via Zion, Bryce and Moab to the rim of the Grand Canyon.

## FAQs

**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.