Scenic drive
Mount Charleston and Kyle Canyon
Mount Charleston, Nevada
Cool pine-forest escape up SR 157, 45 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
A road climbs to about 7,500 feet at Mount Charleston, where summer highs run roughly 79 F. The Mt Charleston Lodge burnt down in 2021 and a tent restaurant opened afterwards, and winter brings about 100 inches of snow. Charleston Peak is 11,916 feet.
Good to know
- Bring a layer, it is far cooler than Vegas
- Winter weather can close the road
- Expect crowds at weekends
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Paved SR 157, steep and winding
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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