Housing for New Graduate Student
Where to live in Las Vegas?
The map below depicts all of the zip codes in the greater Las Vegas Metropolitan area. UNLV is located down the road from the Las Vegas Strip, in area code 89154. For shorter commutes, students should look to live in areas that are close to campus.
Why UNLV?
Nevada is an amazing place to earn a graduate degree in Geoscience. Besides Nevada’s (and the region’s) amazing scenery and natural resources, UNLV’s Geoscience Department is one of the top Geoscience programs in the West.
We cooperate with numerous local, state, and federal agencies in Nevada, California, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. We also work in several nations overseas. And Las Vegas is pretty cool too!
Within an hour of the campus you can hike, raft, kayak, backpack, camp, attend music festivals, eat amazing food, be in 3 different states, and 2 different deserts.
National and State Parks Near UNLV:
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area: 30-minute drive
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area: 30-minute drive
- Valley of Fire State Park: 55-minute drive
- Spring Mountains National Recreation Area: 1-hour drive
- Lee Canyon: 1-hour drive
- Death Valley National Park: 2-hour drive
- Zion National Park: 2-hour drive
- Bryce Canyon National Park: 3-hour drive
- Grand Canyon National Park: 4-hour drive