About Whitney
Whitney is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Nevada.
Officially, Whitney is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.81 square miles.
📰 Whitney News Today
- Spanish Springs celebrates prom 2026. See the night in photos rgj.com · Apr 27
- How to hike Mount Whitney safely, California's highest peak The Desert Sun · Apr 15
- Marie Whitney Obituary - Las Vegas, NV Dignity Memorial · Oct 2
- Titus pushes extreme heat bill ahead of summer Nevada Current · Jun 1
- Nevada’s Trump Slump Bleeds Beyond the Strip The American Prospect · Aug 19
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Whitney Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Nevada, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Nevada — one of 132 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Whitney
📍 Tuscany Residential Village📍 Calico Ridge📍 East Las Vegas📍 Lake Las Vegas📍 Midway City📍 Nevada Ranch📍 Sierra Vista Addition📍 Sierra Vista City📍 Whitney Ranch
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Whitney
- 85°C Bakery Cafe — coffee shop (café)
- Aloha Sunrise Cafe — hawaiian
- Amore Taste of Chicago — italian
- Angry Crab Shack — seafood
- Babystacks Cafe — breakfast
- Boba Society — bubble tea (café)
- Cafe Rio — mexican
- Chile Caliente — mexican
- Chuck E. Cheese — pizza
- Connection Thai Sushi — thai
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Chuck E. Cheese
- Cowabunga Bay Las Vegas · Theme park
- Ethel M. Chocolate Factory · Attraction
- Big Pillar · Attraction
- Bike Jump · Attraction
- Bowl Step · Attraction
- Dave & Buster's
- Ethel M. Chocolate Factory Garden · Attraction
- Little Pillar · Attraction
- Owl Canyon Trailhead · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Whitney
- Clark County Wetlands Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Maslow Park reviews ★
- Armijo's Camp reviews ★
- Celebration Plaza reviews ★
- Desert Inn Estates Island Park reviews ★
- Desert Inn Pool reviews ★
- East Las Vegas Park reviews ★
- Ethel M. Chocolate Factory Garden · Attraction reviews ★
- Fox Ridge Park reviews ★
- Gibson Springs Neighborhood Park reviews ★
- Grapevine Springs Park reviews ★
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNevada
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area6.81 sq mi
Coordinates36.1008, -115.0379