While browsing through several online las vegas travel guide, nearly all the people seek for the showy side of las vegas, like the strip, bright lights, discos, music and more. But seldom people will lookup for information about the natural beauty surrounding vegas, fewer travelers know or visit these natural beauties of Vegas.

Agreed that these sites are quite a distance from Vegas, but it is worth your time and a little bit of money you expend to reach there. The Bryce Canyon National Park, which I would particularly like to mention, is about 270 miles from Las Vegas, with a negligible entry fee of around $20 per vehicle, has an absolutely breathtaking views. While inside the park, lookout for some of the wildlife especially the Great Basin Rattlesnake, bald eagles, and golden eagles.

Red Rock Canyon is other such great place to visit, its also a very good diversion form the regular flashy life of Vegas. Its just 30 minutes drive from the famous Las Vegas Strip, its your perfect desert excursion, but its also a popular place for Las Vegas Weddings.

Lake Mead is another great area nearby in which to enjoy the great outdoors of the Nevada desert. Lake Mead is a man-made lake and the 16th largest of its kind in this hemisphere. This lake was created by the Colorado River and the Hoover Dam and is about 1.5 million acres (I don’t know about you but that figure to me is actually staggering). This area is a very popular area for boating, swimming, and as wildlife observation area.

My Las Vegas travel tips for readers of my blog will be, get a little ways out of Vegas otherwise you’ll never notice the sun going down for all the bright lights.