Virgin Valley Heritage Museum is Mesquite’s place to visit
Lake Mead National Recreation Area welcomes about 6.1M visitors a year. We list one place to visit inside Mesquite and 7 within 40 miles. There are 3 museums, 2 state parks and a national recreation area to choose from. Day-trippers head 47 mi out to Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon National Park
National park in Coconino and Mohave counties in Arizona, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Map of the places
The 7 outside town cluster to the northeast.
Orange: Mesquite. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All the places to visit
It starts in town with one place and goes on to 10 within 60 miles.
1Grand Canyon National Park
National park in Coconino and Mohave counties in Arizona, United States.
3Valley of Fire State Park
State park in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
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5Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Protected area in Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona in the United States.
6Virgin River Gorge
Long canyon that has been carved out by the Virgin River in northwest Arizona, United States.
7Snow Canyon State Park
State park in Washington County, Utah, United States.
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11The places inside Mesquite lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Mesquite →
Photo credits
Virgin Valley Heritage Museum: K O, CC BY 2.0 · Grand Canyon National Park: Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo portfolio, CC BY 3.0 · Valley of Fire State Park: Clément Bardot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grand Canyon Skywalk: Complexsimplellc at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Mead National Recreation Area: Andrew Cattoir, Public domain · Virgin River Gorge: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Snow Canyon State Park: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Lost City Museum: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0 · St. George Opera House: teofilo, CC BY 2.0 · Washington School: Ntsimp, CC0
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