Tule Springs is one of the larger

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retreats in

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, and the

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. It is a significant

desert A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the la ...

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consisting of a series of small

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s that formed an

oasis In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...

. Both the springs and the ranch are located within the

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is a park in Las Vegas, Nevada. The park is centered on Tule Springs, a series of small natural spring-fed lakes that form an oasis in this part of the Mojave Desert. One of the larger urban retreats in the Las ...

which is operated by the City of Las Vegas.

Tule Springs Ranch

Tule Springs Ranch and the associated buildings are listed as a district on the

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and located within this area. The ranch district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 1981.

Tule Springs Archaeological Site

The area was home to numerous Native American visitors in the pre-Columbian period. More recently, it served as a guest

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for out-of-state residents seeking to "live" in Nevada and gain access to its easy

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requirements. Several of the ranch's buildings remain, as do a few peacocks. The springs archeological site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1979.

Tule Springs Wash

The

wash Wash or the Wash may refer to: Industry and sanitation * WASH or WaSH, "water, sanitation and hygiene", three related public health issues * Wash (distilling), the liquid produced by the fermentation step in the production of distilled beverages ...

, also known as the Upper Las Vegas Wash feeds into the Las Vegas Wash. The wash area also includes several patches of the rare Las Vegas bear poppy. This area is part of Ice Age Fossils State Park, a conservation area, and

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The monument is administered by the National Park Servi ...

, established in 2014.Obama signs Tule Springs monument into law
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Tule Springs Ice Age Park
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