Lone Mountain, Las Vegas

Lone Mountain
Neighborhood
Lone Mountain
Coordinates: 36°14′18″N 115°18′59″W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark
City	Las Vegas

Lone Mountain is a neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lone Mountain Las Vegas

The area was named after a solitary hill that is detached from the Red Rock National Conservation Area, known as "Lone Mountain", which is an isolated, rocky butte northwest of central Las Vegas. The summit stands 560 feet (170 meters) above the surrounding area, giving great views of the city, the Spring Mountains, and Mount Charleston. Lone Mountain itself is encircled by a 10-foot-wide (3.0 m), 3.2-mile (5.1 km) perimeter trail for joggers, hikers, and horseback riders.

It is the neighboring community immediately north of Summerlin and roughly bordered on the west by the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, on the south by Cheyenne Avenue, on the east by I-11/U.S. 95, and on the north by West Lone Mountain Road. Within this area are some of the most desirable houses in Las Vegas. While there is a proliferation of new construction at the western foothills, there are still a number of horse ranches and natural terrain and parks which remain.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Academy is located within Lone Mountain, as is the adjacent Police Memorial Park (dedicated in 2009). The park includes the Memorial Wall and two dedicated tree groves to memorialize Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers who have died in the line of duty. Two trees are dedicated to the Ten-13 retired New York Police Officers of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

There is an abundance of recreational areas within the area, including Lone Mountain Discovery Park (a green space with a roller hockey rink, basketball, tennis courts, and a picnic area), Majestic Park (a full-service softball facility with twelve playing fields), and Trigono Hills Park (a $6.5 million recreational facility, which opened in the spring of 2020 and is located Cliff Shadows Parkway at Gilmore Avenue).

The houses of Lone Mountain range from the Spanish Colonial horse ranches to luxury "mini-estates" by Blue Heron Homes to the three-storey, mid-century modern revival houses at "Hillside", designed by William Ramsey.

On October 2, 2022, Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced a temple to be built on a 20.0-acre (8.1 ha) site between North Grand Canyon Drive and Tee Pee Lane. Controversy has arisen due to the size of the steeple – 216 ft (66 m) – and the fact that lights will be kept on through most of the night, as the property is next to the zoned rural preservation area of Lone Mountain.

External links

• Media related to Lone Mountain, Nevada at Wikimedia Commons