The MacDonald Highlands are a series of residential neighborhoods in
Henderson, Nevada
Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about southeast of downtown Las Vegas. It is the List of cities in Nevada, 2nd most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with 317,610 residents. The city is part of the Las Vegas V ...
in the foothills of
Black Mountain. The community is part of the greater
Las Vegas Valley
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.
The community is situated approximately 15 miles (25 km) from the
Las Vegas Strip
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and 20 miles (32 km) from
downtown Las Vegas
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. It sits on the edges of the
McCullough Mountains and overlooks much of Henderson and the Las Vegas Valley.
It is a guard-gated community and is home to DragonRidge Country Club, which opened in 2000. MacDonald Highlands is bordered by the communities of Del Webb to the west, The Canyons to the southwest, McCullough Hills to the northeast and west, and Green Valley Ranch to the northwest. MacDonald Highlands is also adjacent to the neighborhoods of Ascaya and Roma Hills.
Notable residents include
Nancy Walton Laurie
Nancy Walton Laurie (born May 15, 1951) is an American billionaire, as an heir to the Walmart fortune.
Early life
Walton was born on May 15, 1951. She is the younger daughter of Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Walmart founder Sam ...
, who purchased a home in the community in 2007 for $17.5 million and
Oscar De La Hoya
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who purchased a home for $14.6 million in 2022. Anthony Hsieh, founder of mortgage firm
LoanDepot, purchased a newly built home for $25 million in 2021.
See also
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Southern Highlands Golf Club
References
External links
MacDonald Highlands Official Site
Geography of Henderson, Nevada
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