Hot springs near Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas sits in a desert basin of the Basin and Range Province, ringed by the Spring Mountains to the west and the Colorado River corridor to the east. The nearest thermal springs are southeast of the city in Black Canyon, the Colorado River gorge below Hoover Dam, inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service. Interstate 11 and U.S. 93 lead southeast past Boulder City toward Hoover Dam, with trailheads off U.S. 93 on both the Nevada and Arizona sides. To the west, the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, and U.S. 95 runs north across Bureau of Land Management land toward the springs of central Nevada.

Here the closures come in summer rather than winter. Lake Mead National Recreation Area closes the Goldstrike Canyon and Arizona Hot Springs trails each year from May 15 through September 30 because of extreme heat, and lifts the closure when forecast highs at Willow Beach fall below 93 degrees. During the closure, the springs can still be reached from the Colorado River. Winter snow is limited to the higher roads of the Spring Mountains, such as Kyle Canyon and Lee Canyon.