Desert Environment in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Desert National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northeastern portion of the Mojave Desert in northwestern Clark County and southwestern Lincoln County in southern Nevada. At over 1,600,000 acres in size, it is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the lower 48 states. Lying within the "U" formed by U.S. Highway 93 on the east and Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 on the south, its southern boundary is only about one-half mile from the northern city limits of metropolitan Las Vegas.