Painted Desert Homes for Sale in Northwest Las Vegas

Where Painted Desert is

Painted Desert sits at the south end of the Centennial Hills area, west of the 95 (US 95, now also signed I-11). The golf club's address is 5555 Painted Mirage Road, 89149, and the community association's office is next door at 5565 Painted Mirage Road. Both are inside Las Vegas city limits.

Santa Fe Station, the locals casino on Rancho Drive, is just across the freeway. Centennial Hills Hospital is about six minutes north. And the rest of the zip, from the Centennial Center shops to Centennial High, is covered on our 89149 zip guide.

A heads-up on zips: the 95 is roughly where 89149 ends. Cross it and you're in 89130. Some portal sites list Painted Desert under several zips because their boundaries are loose. The golf club and the association office both use 89149, but check the specific address you're looking at.

Which streets back onto the fairways

Golf buyers ask this first.

In OpenStreetMap, the streets that run right along parts of the course include Painted Dunes Drive, Painted Dawn Drive, Painted Lakes Way, Orange Haze Way, Great Horizon Drive and Wispy Sage Way, with Painted Mirage Road leading to the clubhouse. At the edges, the course also comes up against Washburn Road, Tenaya Way, Lone Mountain Road and the 95.

But a street next to the course is not the same as a golf lot. On most of those streets, some homes back onto a fairway, some back onto a green or a tee box, and some back onto their neighbor's block wall across the street. To sort them out:

1. Look at the parcel map. The county parcel map shows whether a lot touches the course or a common area in between.
2. Stand in the backyard. A view fence (wrought iron instead of block) usually means the lot faces the course. Look at which hole, too. A lot behind a tee box hears a lot more conversation than one halfway down a fairway.
3. Check the direction. A backyard facing west gets the afternoon sun straight into the house. In July, that's real money on your power bill. A lot facing east gets shade on the patio in the evening.
4. Look for dents. Stucco dings and a patched window near the property line tell you how often balls come over.

Golf lots usually cost more than the same house one street in. They're also only worth that extra while the course stays open. A few golf courses in the valley have closed over the years, which is part of why we like confirming that this one is operating, and who runs it, before you pay a premium.

Painted Desert HOA

Painted Desert is run by the Painted Desert Community Association. Better Business Bureau records put its start at December 1985, and its office is on Painted Mirage Road, next to the golf club. The association keeps architectural standards for the whole community, from landscaping to paint. Dunn-Edwards even keeps its approved exterior color palette on file: 59 body and trim colors plus 4 trim-only colors.

Some listing sites describe smaller sections inside the main gate with a second gate of their own. If the home you like is in one, ask whether it pays a sub-association on top of the master HOA. That second bill is easy to miss.

We don't publish a dues figure for Painted Desert, because we haven't found one we'd stand behind, and dues change. What to ask for instead:

• The resale package from the association (and any sub-association). It lists the current dues, the reserve study, any special assessments and the rules.
• The rules you care about. Parking on the street, RV and trailer storage, short-term rentals, solar, backyard changes on golf lots.
• The gate. What the guard gate costs to run is part of your dues. Board minutes will show whether anything big is coming, like repaving private streets.

Painted Desert market data

Two things to know. First, Redfin draws its own neighborhood boundary, and its Painted Desert median mixes townhomes with single-family homes, which pulls the number down. A golf-front house and a two-bedroom townhome don't belong in the same average. Second, 99 days on market is long. Homes here have been taking about twice as long to sell as the zip as a whole.

For buyers, that means room to negotiate, especially on a house that hasn't been updated. For sellers, it means price and condition have to be right from day one. We price Painted Desert homes against sales of the same type (attached or detached, golf lot or interior) inside the gates, not against the zip.

Schools near Painted Desert

Painted Desert is in the Clark County School District. These are the schools most often listed for Painted Desert addresses, with Nevada star ratings for 2024-25 (5 is the top). Zoning can change and it follows the exact address, so confirm with CCSD's zoning search.

Northwest CTA on Tropical Parkway takes students by application. The 2025-26 ratings were announced September 15, 2026, and we'll update this table when the full list is posted.

Getting around

From the golf club, without traffic (our routing calculation, September 2026):

Of the northwest neighborhoods we cover, this is one of the quickest to the rest of the valley. You're right on the 95, and closer to downtown than most of the northwest.

Painted Desert or somewhere else in the northwest?

Painted Desert is for people who want a gate, a golf course and an established neighborhood close to the freeway. If you want more land and fewer rules, the Rural Preservation streets are the opposite: big lots, often no HOA, horses allowed. If you want a 2000s neighborhood with a park in the middle and prices below the 89131 median, look at Iron Mountain Ranch. All three are part of greater Centennial Hills.

Buying or selling in Painted Desert

We'll tell you which lots actually face the course, which ones catch the afternoon sun, and what the resale package says before your review period runs out. Selling? We'll show you the sales that match your home inside the gates and tell you what's worth fixing first.

You can search homes for sale any time, or just reach out.

Call or text Michelle at 702-250-7224 or Marc at 702-768-9670.