Centennial Hills is a neighborhood in northwest Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is bordered by the Snow Mountain Paiute Reservation and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument to the north, Lower Kyle Canyon and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to the west, Summerlin to the south, and

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to the east. The Spring Mountains are visible to the west with Gass Peak in the Las Vegas Range to the north.

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lies within the neighborhood.

History

On January 17, 2001, northwest Las Vegas, which occupies over a third of the city's area, was unofficially given the name Centennial Hills in a contest, which won with 2,222 votes. Other proposed names for the area were

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with 1,784 votes, Tule Springs with 111 votes, and Cielo de Oro, chosen by Mayor Oscar Goodman, with 35 votes. On January 21, 2008, the

Centennial Hills Hospital Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center is a for-profit hospital owned by Universal Health Services and operated by Valley Health System located in the Centennial Hills neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States at 6900 North Durango Drive ...

opened in Centennial Hills on Durango Drive, as the first tobacco-free campus in Nevada. The campus has 226 beds an area of and includes two medical office buildings.

Parks and recreation

Located just north of Centennial Hills, Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is accessible from the neighborhood at Moccasin Road and Durango Drive. Further south off Durango is Tule Springs, an urban retreat which is the location of Floyd Lamb Park, Tule Springs Ranch Historic Site, and Tule Springs Archeological Site. Among the other parks and playgrounds in the area is the main Centennial Hills Park, which features an

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and has ice age fossil-themed trails and is built around a historic inverted riverbed.

Transportation

Centennial Hills is centered around the interchange of U.S. Route 95 and Clark County Route 215, built in 2003. In 2015, upgrades to the junction preparing for Interstate 11 to pass through proceeded and it was named the Centennial Bowl. Completion of the Centennial Bowl project is due in 2024. The RTC Centennial Hills Transit Center Park & Ride began construction in June 2009 and opened January 2010.

Roads

Centennial Hills is served by the following roads: ;Highways * I-11

Interstate 11 (future)/ U.S. Route 95 * Clark County Route 215 NV

Clark County Route 215 (Las Vegas Beltway) * Nevada 157

Nevada State Route 157 (Kyle Canyon Road) * Nevada 573

Nevada State Route 573 State Route 573 (SR 573) comprises two sections of Craig Road, a major east–west arterial roadway in the Las Vegas valley. Route description The first section of SR 573 begins at the Craig Road interchange with U.S. Route 95. From there, ...

(Craig Road) * Nevada 574

Nevada State Route 574 (Cheyenne Avenue) * Nevada 599

Nevada State Route 599/ U.S. Route 95 Business (Rancho Drive) ;Major roads *

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* Durango Drive * Elkhorn Road *

Jones Boulevard Jones Boulevard is a section line arterial that runs north and south through the Las Vegas Valley. A portion of the road is designated State Route 596 (SR 596). Jones Boulevard description Jones Boulevard begins at the intersection of West ...

* Lone Mountain Road

Education

Notable high schools in Centennial Hills are the Centennial High School,

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, and Shadow Ridge High School. Centennial Hills Library, next to Centennial Hills Park, serves the neighborhood.

References

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