North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, in the Las Vegas Valley. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 216,961, with an estimated population of 265,000 in 2021. It is the fourth largest city in the state of Nevada.

As one of the largest and fastest-growing cities in Nevada, the city of North Las Vegas is a melting pot of desert valleys, panoramic vistas, and dynamic development. Many people are surprised to learn that the city is actually separate from Las Vegas, with an entirely different set of attractions and appeal of its own.

Visitors stream in by the hundreds of thousands for high-octane events and festivals at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. North Las Vegas is a comfortable base camp for a variety of nearby outdoor pursuits.

Families flock to Aliante Nature Discovery Park, which most locals call the “Dinosaur Park” for its dino-themed playground, featuring a “fossils” and “hatchlings” that can be excavated in the sandbox. Walking paths wind around the park’s 20 acres, which also reveal a waterfall, lake, and plenty of recreational amenities.

On the northwest rim of town lies Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, one of the country’s newest monuments and possibly the world’s best concentrations of Ice Age fossils, from Columbian mammoths to saber-toothed cats.

Desert Wildlife National Refuge at 1.6 million acres, the largest refuge in the Lower 48—where all manner of outdoor activities abound, chief of which is spotting wildlife, including desert bighorn sheep and a handful of critters found nowhere else on Earth.

North Las Vegas had the most new home sales in the southern Nevada market in 2020. Living in North Las Vegas offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In North Las Vegas there are a lot of parks.

North Las Vegas Airport is your gateway to downtown Las Vegas, the central business district and historic center of Las Vegas. The airport's close proximity to downtown and the Las Vegas Strip makes it a convenient and economical alternative to McCarran International Airport.

Each May, the Electric Daisy Carnival comes alive with sound and color at the most famous of North Las Vegas events. Easily the biggest, greatest electronic dance music festival in the US, EDC packs three days with stacked lineups, mesmerizing light and pyrotechnic shows, and more than 400,000 revelers dancing to EDM.

Nellis Air Force Base is at the northeastern edge of North Las Vegas is Nellis Air Force Base, known as “Home of the Fighter Pilot” for housing the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, considered the “largest and most demanding advanced air combat training mission” on Earth. Nellis AFB is also the base of operations for the Thunderbirds, the aerobatic air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force; a museum honoring six decades of these fancy flyers can be visited, as long as you are sponsored onto the base by someone with installation access.