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 North Las Vegas to the east. The Spring Mountains are visible to the west with Gass Peak in the Las Vegas Range to the north. Lone Mountain lies within the neighborhood.
5-599: 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 Arrow Canyon 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 opened in Centennial Hills on Durango Drive , as
10-614: The first tobacco-free campus in Nevada. The campus has 226 beds an area of 354,000 sq ft (32,900 m) and includes two medical office buildings . 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
15-527: The neighborhood. Arrow Canyon Range The Arrow Canyon Range is a small, narrow Basin and Range faulted mountain range that runs south to north in Clark County , Nevada , United States . Its length is approximately 25 miles at a latitude 36˚35' - 36˚47', and its width is roughly 7 miles at a longitude of 114˚54' - 114˚47'. The base elevation is 3,000 ft, and it rises to 4,953 ft at its peak. It runs parallel to U.S. Route 93 , where
20-503: The other parks and playgrounds in the area is the main Centennial Hills Park , which features an amphitheater and has ice age fossil-themed trails and is built around a historic inverted riverbed. Centennial Hills is centered around the interchange of Interstate 11 / 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
25-715: 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. Centennial Hills is served by the following roads: Notable high schools in Centennial Hills are the Centennial High School , Arbor View High School , and Shadow Ridge High School . Centennial Hills Library, next to Centennial Hills Park, serves
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