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Tule Springs is one of the larger
urban
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* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
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retreats in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
,
Nevada
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, and the
Las Vegas Valley
The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the Southern Nevada, southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Stat ...
. It is a significant
desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...
ecosystem
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consisting of a series of small
lake
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s that formed an
oasis in this area of the
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...
. Both the springs and the ranch are located within the
Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs
Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is a park in Las Vegas, Nevada. The park is centered on Tule Springs, a series of small lakes that formed an oasis in this part of the Mojave Desert. One of the larger urban retreats in the Las Vegas Valley, Tule ...
which is operated by the City of Las Vegas.
Tule Springs Ranch
Tule Springs Ranch and the associated buildings are listed as a district on the
United States
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National Register of Historic Places
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and located within this area. The ranch district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 1981.
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Tule Springs Archaeological Site
The area was home to numerous Native American visitors in the pre-Columbian period. More recently, it served as a guest ranch
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for out-of-state residents seeking to "live" in Nevada and gain access to its easy divorce
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requirements. Several of the ranch's buildings remain, as do a few peacocks.
The springs archeological site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1979.
Tule Springs Wash
The wash
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, also known as the Upper Las Vegas Wash feeds into the Las Vegas Wash
Las Vegas Wash is a 12-mile-long channel (an Arroyo (creek), "arroyo" or "wash") which feeds most of the Las Vegas Valley's excess water into Lake Mead. The wash is sometimes called an ''urban river'', and it exists in its present capacity because ...
. The wash area also includes several patches of the rare Las Vegas bear poppy
''Arctomecon californica'' is a species of poppy known by several common names, including California bearpoppy, Las Vegas bearpoppy, golden bearpoppy, and yellow-flowered desert poppy. It is a perennial herb that is native to the eastern Mojave D ...
.
This area is part of the proposed Ice Age Fossils State Park
Ice Age Fossils State Park is a 315-acre state park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on the northernmost fringe of the metropolitan area. It is located adjacent to the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument near Willie McCool Re ...
, a conservation area and a proposed national park. In 2014, congress designated the area as a national monument, naming it Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The monument is administered by the National Park Servic ...
.[Obama signs Tule Springs monument into law]
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References
External links
Tule Springs Ice Age Park
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Oases of Nevada
Tourist attractions in the Las Vegas Valley
Bodies of water of Clark County, Nevada