Springs Preserve

"This 180-acre complex defies traditional categories, combining botanical gardens, hiking trails, live animal exhibits, and an ultra-modern interactive museum." Full review

"This educational complex is an incredible trip through historical, cultural and biological time." Full review

"Visitors can wander the trails for free, through a dramatic desert landscape dotted with cacti, acacia and mesquite trees, and re-created Pueblo Indian dwellings." Full review

"Opened in 2007 as the city's first nod to its desert surroundings, this 180-acre park occupies the site of the original springs that were the birthplace of Las Vegas." Full review

"“Overwhelmed by Vegas? Get back to nature in this educational and entertaining oasis”...desert living center; Las Vegas history and culture museum; gardens; trails" Full review

"Unearth the past at this multimillion-dollar natural history museum complex, also home to the Nevada State Museum." Full review

"Springs Preserve presents visitors with a sort of crash course in the story of the Las Vegas Valley." Full review

"Also known as Big Spring, this is where legendary Old West explorers Kit Carson and John Fremont parked their horses in the mid 1800s" Full review

"By now, perhaps you've learned that Las Vegas is Spanish for "the meadows"." Full review