DK Travel : Las Vegas : Outdoor

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Tennis at Sunset Park

The eight floodlit courts at Sunset Park are easy to get to (they are only about a mile from the southern end of the Strip), and they also cost far less than the courts at sports clubs and hotels. While you wait for a court enjoy the ringside view of planes coming in to land at McCarran International Airport.
The Legacy Golf Course

The host to the US Open Qualifying tournament is a popular course with convention delegates, and combines Scottish links-style golf with the dramatic desert vegetation of Nevada. The course highlight is the Devil’s Triangle (holes 11–13).
The Revere at Anthem

Winding through three desert canyons, this course features natural changes in elevation and spectacular views of the Las Vegas skyline. The summer rates, as at many Las Vegas courses, are considerably lower than those charged at other times of the year.
The Watchtower, Desert View, Grand Canyon

A fanciful recreation of an Ancestral Pueblo, this landmark structure was designed by regional architect Mary Colter in 1932. The upper floor of the stone-built tower is decorated with Hopi murals. A gift store and refreshments are available. Other Colter designs in the area include Hopi House, Hermit’s Rest, the Lookout Studio, and the cabins at Phantom Ranch lodge.
Tortoises

Two isolated populations of desert tortoise, the Mojave and the Sonoran, are found respectively in southern Utah and in the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and other parts of the southwest.
Wildflowers

Grand Canyon wildflowers include asters, sunflowers, globemallow, and Indian paintbrush. At Zion, look out for columbine, penstemon, Indian paint-brush, and many varieties of sunflowers. Death Valley has fewer species, but Panamint daisies grow in profusion.
Wildrose Canyon to Wild-rose Peak, Death Valley

A 4-mile (6-km) climb through woodland to the crest of the Panamint Mountains. Superb views.
Yavapai Observation Station, South Rim, Grand Canyon

For a visual introduction to Grand Canyon geology, you can scarcely beat the view from Yavapai Observation Station. Look down to the canyon floor for views of the Phantom Ranch lodge and the Colorado River. The river flows along the bottom of the canyon, no less than 5,000 ft (1,500 m) below the rim. From this great height it doesn’t look very threatening, even with binoculars, but from the canyon floor it’s a wildly impressive sight.
Zion Canyon

This makes for another splendid scenic drive, ending at the Temple of Sinawava. Of special interest is a mass of debris caused by a landslide 4,000 years ago. If you can stay, head for Zion Lodge, and, if you have no air-conditioning, gaze longingly at the shady groves of cottonwood, velvet ash, and box elder. Near the end of the drive is a turning that affords excellent views of the Great White Throne.
Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort

A number of guided activities, such as hiking, abseiling, mountain biking, and horseback riding in Zion National Park.