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Las Vegas known for its great adult style entertainment, is also a great place to enjoy some outdoor fun. Unfortunately to many people miss out on the great outdoors of Las Vegas.

Lets start with Lake Mead the second largest man made lake in the world. Lake Mead offers great boating, water , jet skiing, scuba diving, wind surfing and fishing. Below the Hoover Damn at Willow Beach there are some great rafting and kayaking opportunities. This is an amazing experience deep within Black Canyon.

Then in nearby Boulder City you can find skydiving, dry lake beds to ride all terrain vehicles and some great mountain biking at Bootleg Canyon. There is also some wonderful wildlife viewing opportunities including Bighorn Sheep grazing in Hemenway Park.

Red Rock Canyon on west side of the Las Vegas valley, offers some wonderful hiking and rock climbing opportunities. There is a thirteen mile scenic drive with many great hiking opportunities along the way. My favorite is Oak Creek Canyon which is the last hike you get to on the thirteen mile loop. It is a little longer hike to get to the canyon but the payoff is great and it is a less crowded. You can also access this trail outside the loop it is however even a longer hike to the canyon There are many great biking and motorcycling opportunities in and around the Red Rock area.

Mt Charleston is also a short drive from Las Vegas, there are many great hikes and trails for mountain biking in both  Kyle Canyon and Lee Canyon. There is a small ski resort at the top of Lee Canyon the Las Vegas Ski and Snow Board Resort. Though it is a small resort there are some challenging runs and you can squeeze in many a day trip during a winter in Las Vegas. There are some great campsites on the Mountain  and around Las Vegas, more info in this can be found in this article from the Review Journal.

Then you have The Valley of Fire, yet another hour trip away. With its great hiking trails, wonderful camping sites and petroglyphs. It is great place to visit and one place where I have truly felt like I was on another Planet.

For the golfer Las Vegas offers over thirty public golf courses to play, and numerous others within an easy one hour drive. For more information on area golf course please reference LasVegasGolfCourses.com or LasVegasGolf.com.

I could go on and on but I have to run for now. Here is another article from the Review Journal that shows why Las Vegas is a great city for the outdoor enthusiast. It quotes an article from National Geographic that puts Las Vegas at the top of list of adventure towns.

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