Searchlight

Searchlight is a former mining town in Southern Nevada, between Boulder City and Laughlin.

Searchlight Minehead

Understand

Searchlight was founded as a mining town shortly after prospector George Frederick Colton struck gold in the area in 1857. He apparently used a searchlight (type of lantern) and the town took its name from that.

In 1907, composer and pianist Scott Joplin wrote the Searchlight Rag after the town because he and some friends went prospecting there.

Climate

Searchlight has a typical desert climate with hot days and cold nights. It is constantly arid with little rainfall, hot summers and warm winters.

Searchlight
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Get in

By car
  • From Boulder City – Take the US-93 west, then the US-95 south.
  • From Laughlin – Take the SR-163 west, then the US-95 north.
  • From Primm – Take the I-15 south, then the SR-164 east.

By plane

🌍 Searchlight Airport is unmanned and has no services.

There are charter and seasonal flights from some American and Canadian cities to the nearby 🌍 Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport (IFP IATA) in Bullhead City, Arizona across the river from Laughlin. The airport is not served by any major airline.

Las Vegas has 🌍 Henderson Executive Airport (HSH IATA) and 🌍 McCarran International Airport (LAS IATA).

Get around

See

Do

Gambling

If you win...

Chances are that, if you win it big in Searchlight and you are not a U.S. citizen your winnings will be subject to a 30% withholding tax from the Internal Revenue Service. That $10,000 slot winning can dwindle quite quickly if that is taken off the top. Not to worry though you can reclaim your gambling winnings tax through a 1042-S form. You should get this from the casino so don't lose it: it is your starting ticket to getting your gambling winnings back.

Searchlight has a few opportunities for gambling from its small casinos.

  • 🌍 Terrible's Casino, 670 US-95, ☎ +1 702-297-9200. Small casino with a bar and a small ten-pin bowling alley. Also has a Redbox for renting movies, a convenience store, and a McDonald's close by. (updated Oct 2017)
  • 🌍 Terrible's Roadhouse, 100 US-95, ☎ +1 702-297-1201. 6AM-9PM. (updated Oct 2017)

Buy

Eat

Searchlight has two restaurants: Terrible's Roadhouse and a McDonald's.

  • Terrible's Roadhouse, 100 US-95, ☎ +1 702-297-1201. 6AM-9PM. (updated Oct 2017)
  • 🌍 McDonald's, 670 US Hwy 95 S (adjacent to Terrible's Casino), ☎ +1 702-297-2022. 5AM-11PM. Has free Wi-Fi and a drive-thru. (updated Oct 2017)

Drink
  • Terrible's Casino, 670 US-95, ☎ +1 702-297-9200. Terrible's Casino has a bar. (updated Nov 2017)

Sleep

Searchlight is a small town with RV parks and motels being the only accommodation provided.

Connect

Go next
  • Boulder City – Located approximately 40 mi (64 km) north of Searchlight on the US-95. A town created originally to house the workers for the iconic Hoover Dam.
  • Laughlin – Located approximately 40 mi (64 km) to the southeast of Searchlight on the US-95 then SR-163. Nevada's most southern town. Has many hotel-casinos and is the third most visited location after Las Vegas and Reno.
  • Primm – Located approximately 42 mi (68 km) to the northwest of Searchlight on the SR-164 then I-15. A town on the border between Nevada and California, known for its Desperado rollercoaster (the tallest in the state) and lottery store. The town has three hotel-casinos all run by Primm Valley Resorts.
Routes through Searchlight

Las Vegas ← Boulder City ←  N  S  → Laughlin → Needles
merges with ← Nipton ←  W  E  → merges with


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