Trips from Las Vegas
Each trip starts in downtown Las Vegas, with day-by-day stops, campgrounds and RV parks at each stop and the RV that fits the route.
Weekend trips 2–3 nights
Red Rock Canyon2 nights, including the last night near the Las Vegas return · 38 mi round trip · 1 h 2 min drivingWest on Charleston Boulevard to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, the closest big sandstone landscape to the valley.Best nowBest season: Oct–AprPlan this route →
Valley of Fire3 nights, including the last night near the Las Vegas return · 96 mi round trip · 2 h 9 min drivingNortheast out of the valley to Valley of Fire State Park, a short overnight in the red Aztec sandstone.Best nowBest season: Oct–Nov, Jan–AprPlan this route →
Hoover Dam & Lake Mead3 nights, including the last night near the Las Vegas return · 74 mi round trip · 2 h 18 min drivingSouth through Boulder City to Hoover Dam, then two nights at Boulder Beach on Lake Mead.Best nowBest season: Oct–AprPlan this route →Week-long trips 4–8 nights
Death Valley4 nights, including the last night near the Las Vegas return · 245 mi round trip · 5 h 16 min drivingStraight to Furnace Creek for three nights. Badwater and the Mesquite Flat dunes are day trips from the same camp.Best nowBest season: Nov–MarPlan this route →
Joshua Tree4 nights, including the last night near the Las Vegas return · 456 mi round trip · 9 h 31 min drivingNeedles on the first night, then two nights at Joshua Tree's west entrance. The north entrance at Twentynine Palms is a day drive, not a second camp.Best nowBest season: Oct–MayPlan this route →
Route 664 nights, including the last night near the Las Vegas return · 445 mi round trip · 8 h 38 min drivingKingman, then historic Route 66 through Seligman to two nights in Williams. The drive back uses US-93 and Hoover Dam.Best nowBest season: Oct–AprPlan this route →Photo credits are on each trip page. Drive times are car times from OSRM routing over OpenStreetMap, without traffic; RVs are slower.