Desert Shores Homes for Sale
A master-planned lake community in northwest Las Vegas, with four private lakes and 3,351 homes.
Life in Desert Shores
Four Private Lakes in Northwest Las Vegas
Desert Shores is a master-planned community in northwest Las Vegas. The Desert Shores Community Association says RA Homes developed it in 1988, and that the community holds 3,351 units on 682 acres across 22 residential districts. This guide sits under the Las Vegas hub. The association office is at 2500 Regatta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89128.
The water is the landmark. The association’s lakes page names four man-made lakes: Lake Jacqueline, Lake Sarah, Lake Maddison, and Lake Lindsey. Lakefront homes have direct access to the water and the option of a private dock. The lakes are private to owners, residents, and their guests. A boat has to be registered with the association, and gasoline motors and paddleboards are prohibited.
The association describes condominiums, single-family houses, and large custom homes, with some of the custom homes behind private gates. Two streets inside Desert Shores can mean two districts, two gate arrangements, and two different relationships to the water. Read the district, the year built, and whether that house actually fronts a lake.
The Las Vegas Sun’s September 10, 2008 anniversary story places the community between Buffalo Drive and Rampart Boulevard, and between Cheyenne Avenue and Lake Mead Boulevard. The map on this page marks the association office on Regatta Drive. It is a point, not a surveyed outline of all 22 districts. Harry Reid International Airport is the valley’s commercial airport. Drive time depends on the entrance and on U.S. 95 traffic, so this page leaves the minutes off.
Summerlin is the master-planned community west of Rampart Boulevard, and it has its own Summerlin page. The Sun reported that Desert Shores was already selling homes before the first Summerlin homes were built. Lake Las Vegas is a separate master plan in Henderson. Buyers comparing lake living in the valley are looking at two different communities, in two different cities.
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Lake Jacqueline, Lake Sarah, Lake Maddison, and Lake Lindsey are private. Lakefront homes have direct access and the option of a private dock. Each lake has a ramp and a dock at the end.
The association describes condominiums, single-family houses, and large custom homes, with some custom sections behind private gates. The district matters as much as the community name.
Boats are registered with the association. Gasoline motors and paddleboards are prohibited. Fishing is catch-and-release, and the lakes are stocked each spring. Read the current lakes page before you count on a boat or a pole.
The office is at 2500 Regatta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89128, between Buffalo Drive and Rampart Boulevard. Summerlin begins west of Rampart. Planning here is City of Las Vegas.
Desert Shores Home Prices
Desert Shores is a resale community: condominiums, single-family homes, and custom houses, some on the lakes and some on interior streets, some behind a private gate. Prices belong on the listings below. A single median would mix 22 districts and more than one era of construction, and it would go stale. Ask which district the house is in, whether it has lake access or a private dock, and which association assessments apply to that address. The association’s 3,351-unit figure is the size of the community. It is not a count of homes for sale.
An Exceptional Daily Life
Lake Jacqueline, Lake Sarah, Lake Maddison, and Lake Lindsey. Boats must be registered with the association. The lakes page lists a one-time registration fee of $15 and requires liability insurance for a private boat. Gasoline motors and paddleboards are prohibited. Boating hours are daily, dawn to 10:30 p.m., when night-lighting rules are met.
a lagoon-style pool with a sand beach and palm trees, picnic areas with volleyball, basketball, and a playground, and a 2,100-square-foot clubhouse with terraces on the main lake. The association says the beach and paddleboats operate seven days a week in spring and summer, including holidays.
miles of walking and biking paths. The lakes, beach, and clubhouse are for owners, residents, and invited guests. Carry membership credentials on the water.
catch-and-release only, dawn to dusk, one pole per person, non-barbed hooks. The association stocks the lakes each spring and says a state fishing license is not required. Membership credentials are required, and residents may bring up to four guests.
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Hal Ober developed Desert Shores. The Las Vegas Sun’s 2007 obituary identifies him as president of R.A. Homes from 1980 and as the developer of this community, one of nearly 30 he built in Southern Nevada. The association dates the project to 1988. In the Sun’s 2008 anniversary story, his son Scott Ober said the west side of U.S. 95 was still empty when his father set out to put lakes there, and that Ober named the four lakes for granddaughters: Maddison, Sarah, Jacqueline, and Lindsey. The association’s lakes page still uses those four names.
The association transitioned to homeowner control in November 1992. At the 20th anniversary in 2008, the Sun reported the same 3,351 units and 682 acres the association publishes now. The Sun also wrote that the four lakes spanned 60 acres. That figure is the newspaper’s 2008 account. The association’s current about page describes four lakes and does not publish a surface-acre total, so this page treats 60 acres as a 2008 report, not as a new survey.
The same anniversary story called Desert Shores the second master-planned community in the Las Vegas Valley. That ranking is the Sun’s 2008 characterization. For a showing, use the record the association still states: a 1988 RA Homes project, homeowner-controlled since November 1992, built around four private lakes.
The association’s current description of the acreage, unit count, districts, and amenities is on its about page. Lake names, registration, and fishing rules are on its lakes page. The development history and the 2008 boundary description follow the Las Vegas Sun’s 20th-anniversary story and its obituary of Hal Ober. The aerial photograph is U.S. Geological Survey imagery from The National Map.
Access & Transportation
Use the Sun’s 2008 edges to orient a showing: Buffalo Drive on the east, Rampart Boulevard on the west, Cheyenne Avenue on the north, and Lake Mead Boulevard on the south. Lake Mead Boulevard is the southern frontage and the direct route east toward U.S. 95. Rampart Boulevard is the western frontage, with the Summerlin villages on the far side of that road. The association office, the lagoon, and the 2,100-square-foot clubhouse sit together at 2500 Regatta Drive.
Mail for the office reads Las Vegas, NV 89128. Confirm the ZIP code on the house itself, because 22 districts do not have to share one code. The association limits the lakes, beach, and clubhouse to owners, residents, and invited guests, and it requires membership credentials on the water. Some residential districts are privately gated. Ask how visitors are admitted on the street you are touring. Driving Buffalo, Rampart, Cheyenne, or Lake Mead is separate from getting onto a lake or through a gate.
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In northwest Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Sun’s 2008 description places it between Buffalo Drive and Rampart Boulevard, and between Cheyenne Avenue and Lake Mead Boulevard. The association office is at 2500 Regatta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89128. Confirm the ZIP code on the specific house.
The four lakes are private. Membership credentials are required on the water, boats are registered with the association, and gasoline motors and paddleboards are prohibited. Current hours and the registration fee are on the association’s lakes page.
Desert Shores is in the City of Las Vegas. The Sun’s 2008 description uses Rampart Boulevard as the western edge. Summerlin is the master plan west of Rampart. The Sun reported that homes were already selling at Desert Shores before the first Summerlin homes were built.
Clark County School District assigns schools by street address. With 22 residential districts, one elementary, middle, and high school list would misstate the community. Confirm the house in the district’s zoning search before you rely on an assignment.
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