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Henderson

Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Las Vegas.

Henderson
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The place

Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Las Vegas. It is the 2nd most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with 317,610 residents as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Henderson

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Sam Boyd Stadium

    Sam Boyd Stadium is a closed football stadium in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley. It honors Sam Boyd, a major figure in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas.

    6.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Lee's Family Forum

    Lee's Family Forum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Henderson, Nevada, United States. Built on the site of the former Henderson Pavilion, it is the home of the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League, the Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League, the Vegas Thrill of the Pro Volleyball Federation, the Las Vegas Desert Dogs of the National Lacrosse League, and the former home of the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League.

    9 km · indoor arena in Henderson, Nevada, U.S · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Nevada State College

    Nevada State University, formerly Nevada State College, is a public college in Henderson, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education and opened on September 3, 2002, as Nevada's first state college.

    6.5 km · four-year public college located in Henderson, Nevada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Touro University Nevada

    Touro University Nevada is a private university in Henderson, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Touro College and University System.

    3.8 km · private university in Henderson, Nevada · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ethel M Botanical Cactus Garden

    Ethel M Chocolates is an American chocolate manufacturer and retailer, based in Henderson, Nevada. It was founded by Forrest Mars Sr.

    9.1 km · cactus garden located in Henderson, Nevada, USA · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Galleria at Sunset

    Mershops Galleria at Sunset is an indoor shopping mall at 1300 West Sunset Road in Henderson, Nevada. It is owned by Mershops and managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group.

    6.6 km · shopping mall in Nevada, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Clark County Wetlands Park

    The Clark County Wetlands Park is the largest park in the Clark County, Nevada park system. The park is on the east side of the Las Vegas valley and runs from the various water treatment plants near the natural beginning of the Las Vegas Wash to where the wash flows under Lake Las Vegas and later into Lake Mead.

    8.3 km · park in Las Vegas, Nevada · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Vegas Red Rooster

    Vegas Red Rooster is a 13,000 square feet swingers club located in Whitney, Nevada in the Las Vegas Valley. The club hosted the after party for the annual Lifestyles Convention in Las Vegas.

    8.3 km · Swinger Nightclub in Las Vegas · Wikipedia

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Getting to Henderson

Airports
Harry Reid (LAS), 16 km · Palm Springs (PSP), 282 km · San Bernardino (SBD), 297 km
  • Palm Springs → Henderson
    284 km · quickest by air, 5h 57m · $140–210
  • San Bernardino → Henderson
    300 km · quickest by air, 4h 8m · $150–220
  • Ontario → Henderson
    328 km · quickest by air, 4h 10m · $150–220
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Henderson

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Henderson. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,487 km
  2. 021,581 km
  3. 03
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,631 km
  4. 04
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    1,639 km
  5. 05
    Powell River and the upper Sunshine CoastCA

    12 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,717 km

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Around it

Next door to Henderson

Henderson is 21 km from Las Vegas, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.