 Bonnie Springs, seen from the Spring Mountains in 2006 | |
| Location | 16395 Bonnie Springs Road, Red Rock Canyon, Clark County, Nevada, United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°03′34″N 115°27′15″W / 36.059405°N 115.454048°W |
| Opened | 1958 |
| Closed | March 17, 2019 |
| Attendance | 130,000 (2007) |
| Area | 63.86 acres (25.84 ha) |
| Website | bonniesprings |
Bonnie Springs Ranch was an attraction near Blue Diamond, Nevada that included an 1880s Western town replica and a zoo. It is located on 63.86 acres (25.84 ha) in the Mojave Desert, below the Spring Mountains in the Red Rock Canyon area, 20 miles west of Las Vegas. The ranch has natural oasis habitat because of the spring water surfacing there.
The ranch was originally created in the 1840s, as a stopover for wagon trains heading to California. Bonnie McGaugh purchased the ranch in 1952, and it was subsequently named Bonnie Springs Ranch after her. Horseback riding and a restaurant were added by the mid-1960s. Old Nevada, the western town replica, was opened at the ranch in 1974, followed by the zoo and a motel in the 1980s. In January 2019, plans were announced to demolish the ranch and replace it with approximately 20 custom homes, a new restaurant and motel, and a barn to be used for events. Bonnie Springs closed on March 17, 2019. Its replacement, The Reserve at Red Rock Canyon, began construction three years later, after a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.