Deep dives on Nevada master plans, villages and guard-gated enclaves — HOA costs, builders, schools and what homes actually sell for. 183 articles, newest first.
Guard-gated living in Las Vegas doesn't have to mean $2 million. From Los Prados in the $300Ks to Rhodes Ranch, Painted Desert, Stallion Mountain, Silverstone Ranch, and Tuscany, here are the valley's most affordable guard-gated golf communities — with 2026 pricing, HOA, golf, and the trade-offs.
Top 10 reasons to live in North Las Vegas in 2026: a $419K median sale price vs $437,992 in Las Vegas and $494,333 in Henderson, the Apex Industrial Park job boom, new master plans, and Nevada's zero income tax.
Mesa Ridge is Toll Brothers' guard-gated luxury community in the southern foothills of Summerlin (ZIP 89135) — 350+ semi-custom homes on 200 acres established 2016. Contemporary desert architecture with Red Rock Canyon and Spring Mountains views, prices ranging $1M for entry single-stories to $3M+ for premium fairway-adjacent and view-lot estates.
Rancho Circle is the 1950s-founded 200-home guard-gated historic luxury enclave in central Las Vegas (ZIP 89107) — 400 acres of multi-acre estate lots (1-5+ acres) near Rancho Drive and Alta Drive, the most exclusive estate community in the valley by lot scale. Old-Vegas legacy address with seven decades of casino executives and entertainers, currently in active architectural renaissance with $1M-$8M+ price range.
Rancho Bel Air is the 1960s-founded 300-home guard-gated luxury estates community in central Las Vegas (ZIP 89107) — 200 acres at Charleston Boulevard and Rancho Drive, the city's first guard-gated residential enclave west of the Strip. Half-acre to full-acre lots, $1M to $5M+ price range, currently in active architectural renaissance with contemporary tear-down rebuilds replacing original 1960s ranches.
Los Prados is the 1,358-home guard-gated golf community in northwest Las Vegas (ZIP 89130) built by U.S. Home from 1986 — 21 villages on roughly 430 acres, four of them age-restricted, wrapped around a par-70 course the community association owns and opens to the public. Mixed townhome, patio-home and single-family inventory ranging $295K to $615K makes it the most attainable price point in the valley's gated-with-golf category.
Scotch 80s is the early-1960s Irwin Molasky-developed vintage-luxury enclave in central Las Vegas (ZIP 89102) — roughly 300 estate homes on half-acre to full-acre lots covering 180 acres. It is not a gated community; many estates sit behind their own private gates. It is in active architectural renaissance as buyers replace original 1960s ranches with contemporary custom builds.
Siena is Summerlin's guard-gated 55+ active adult community developed by Shea Homes beginning in 2000 — 1,200+ single-story homes on 270 acres in Summerlin South (ZIP 89135) anchored by a 30,000-square-foot Siena Clubhouse. Prices run from low-$400s for patio-home single-stories to $900K+ for premium Sun Colony at Siena models.
Spanish Hills is the 1998-founded 300-home guard-gated luxury custom-estate community in west Las Vegas (ZIPs 89113 and 89148). Roughly 640 acres of custom-builder inventory, no master-plan builder, no on-site golf course — pure custom estates on 0.40-2.00-acre lots ranging from $1.5M for early-2000s production-customs to $8M+ for trophy modern rebuilds.
Silverstone Golf Club closed on September 1, 2015 and never reopened. Eleven years later the 270-acre course is dead turf, the land sold at a county tax auction for roughly $2.8 million, and 58 Silverstone Ranch homes still closed in the 12 months ending September 19, 2026 at a $537,000 median.
Las Vegas Country Club is the original 1967-founded private golf and gated residential community sitting one mile east of the Strip on Desert Inn Road. Roughly 700 residences — Las Vegas International Country Club townhomes and garden condos plus fairway country club estates — ring an 18-hole Edmund Ault course, with active list prices from $260,000 for a townhome to $2,150,000 for a fairway estate (mid-2026).
Madeira Canyon in Henderson: its 1,004-unit homeowners’ association is not gated, the guard-gated Club at Madeira Canyon is a separate association, and the main association’s homes sold at a $667,500 median over 12 months. Plus dues, lot sizes, zoned schools, the public park and nearby comparisons.
Compare Roma Hills homes, guard-gate records, hillside condition, HOA obligations and the Obsidian connection before choosing a Henderson property.
Inside Painted Desert — the original NW Las Vegas guard-gated golf community: roughly 1,600 homes on 460 acres, a public Jay Morrish course run by Arcis Golf, 2026 pricing, the 10 neighborhoods, HOA structure, schools, and how it stacks up against Canyon Gate and Stallion Mountain.
Inside Trilogy Sunstone — Shea Homes's NW Las Vegas 55+ active-adult master plan: 2026 pricing, floor plans, amenities, HOA, and how it stacks up against Sun City Summerlin and Heritage at Stonebridge.
Sky Las Vegas is the 45-story 409-unit luxury condo tower on the north Strip — the tallest residential building on the Las Vegas Boulevard corridor — built by Del American in 2007. Slim-profile glass tower with full Strip-view orientation, anchored by the Sahara Las Vegas Resort to the south and Resorts World to the north.
Inside Stallion Mountain — the east Las Vegas guard-gated golf community: the 838-home Solera 55+ section, the Pulte neighborhoods and older estates, a semi-private course that went from 54 holes to 18, 2026 pricing, schools, HOA, and how it stacks up against Canyon Gate and Spanish Trail.
Allure Las Vegas is the 41-story 423-unit luxury condo tower on Sahara Avenue just east of the Las Vegas Strip — completed in 2007 by Anthony Marnell III's Marnell Properties, anchored by full Strip-view sightlines, and the most affordable mid-tier Strip-corridor high-rise entry point at typical $485K–$685K pricing.
Inside Tournament Hills, Summerlin's guard-gated custom-estate enclave beside TPC Summerlin: all five MLS sales in the 12 months ending September 18, 2026 ($2,920,000 to $6,000,000, $5,030,000 median), how to buy in a community where months pass with nothing listed, TPC membership, schools, HOA, and how it compares to Red Rock Country Club and Canyon Gate.
Turnberry Place is the four-tower 740-unit luxury condo complex on Paradise Road just east of the Wynn and Encore resorts — built by Turnberry Associates between 2002 and 2006, anchored by the Stirling Club private membership facility, and one of the earliest large-scale Strip-corridor residential high-rise developments.
Inside Whitney Ranch — the central Henderson family residential corridor: 2026 pricing, sub-neighborhoods, schools, HOA, and how it stacks up against Green Valley Ranch and Anthem.
Panorama Towers is the three-building 900+ unit luxury high-rise complex on Dean Martin Drive directly west of the Las Vegas Strip — Tower 1, Tower 2, and Tower 3 deliver Strip-corridor views and full-service amenity at a meaningfully lower price point than the on-Strip CityCenter inventory like Veer Towers.
Desert Shores is a 682-acre City of Las Vegas community built around four private lakes, and it is not part of Summerlin. Its 149 closings in the 12 months ending August 31, 2026 carried a $458,000 median, well below Lake Las Vegas at $670,000. Here are the real lake rules, dues, schools and taxes.
The Lakes is the 1,300-acre waterfront master plan built around 30-acre Lake Sahara in west Las Vegas — 5,500+ homes, private boat docks on lakefront frontage, sailing and paddle-craft access on the lake, and one of the only true lakefront residential markets inside the LV valley boundary.