The Fixed Point You Are Measuring From
The city of Las Vegas sits at 36.16916667 degrees north latitude and -115.14055556 degrees west longitude. The D Las Vegas, the closest documented venue to that fixed point, is 0.1 straight-line miles away. Straight-line means great-circle distance, the shortest path over the earth's surface between two coordinates.
Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time. If you are deciding whether to walk, drive, or take transit, the straight-line figure tells you only how near two points are on a map, not how the street grid connects them.
The keyword asks whether any Vegas slots still use coins. That is a machine-level question about payout mechanics, and this article does not answer it. What this article can do is anchor the physical geography of the downtown Las Vegas venues documented in publicly published reference sources, so that a reader researching the area understands where each property sits relative to the city's fixed coordinate.
Documented Straight-Line Distances From Las Vegas
The table below lists every Las Vegas-to-venue pair present in the documented reference set. Each row is a great-circle measurement, not a road measurement.
| Reference point | Straight-line miles | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| D Las Vegas | 0.1 | great-circle |
| Four Queens | 0.2 | great-circle |
| Horseshoe | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Golden Nugget Las Vegas | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Binion's | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Golden Gate | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Main Street | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Main Street Station | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Stratosphere Tower | 1.7 | great-circle |
| Jerry's Nugget | 1.7 | great-circle |
The documented reference set measures 318 venues to this city, but it is not a census. The state gaming regulator maintains the complete current list of licensed properties.
Why Straight-Line and Road Distance Diverge
A straight-line figure ignores everything that stands between two coordinates. Las Vegas sits in a valley bounded by mountains, and its street grid does not radiate evenly from a single center. The difference between straight-line and road distance is driven by terrain, water, road network geometry, and jurisdictional boundaries.
- Terrain. A great-circle line can pass through a mountain, a wash, or a developed block. A road must follow grade and existing rights-of-way.
- Water and drainage. Flood-control channels and washes interrupt the grid in parts of the valley, forcing detours.
- Road network geometry. Downtown Las Vegas has a grid, but not every coordinate pair connects by a single straight boulevard. One-way streets and pedestrian malls add route length.
- Crossing boundaries. A straight line can cross a city limit, a county line, or private parcel without regard to access. A road journey must enter and exit through actual intersections and legal rights-of-way.
None of these factors is visible in a great-circle number. That is why the table above labels every figure as great-circle and why no road mileage appears anywhere in this article.
Where the Documented Venues Sit
The D Las Vegas, Four Queens, Horseshoe, Golden Nugget Las Vegas, Binion's, Golden Gate, Main Street, and Main Street Station all sit in downtown Las Vegas, within 0.4 straight-line miles of the city's fixed coordinate. Stratosphere Tower and Jerry's Nugget sit 1.7 straight-line miles from that same point. The city of Las Vegas is in Clark County, in the southern part of the state of Nevada.
Coordinates support cardinal direction only when two points are compared. The D Las Vegas sits at 36.16972222 north and -115.14277778 west. Four Queens sits at 36.16972222 north and -115.14361111 west, meaning it is west of The D by a small fraction of a degree of longitude. Horseshoe and Binion's share coordinates at 36.17138889 north and -115.14444444 west, placing them north and west of both The D and Four Queens. Golden Nugget Las Vegas sits at 36.17083333 north and -115.14472222 west, between those clusters. These are coordinate-based relative positions, not driving directions.
Your Position Is Not Fixed
If you searched with "near me" or "from my location," the reference point does not exist in this article. The venue positions are fixed and documented; your starting point is not. The correct method is to measure from your own coordinates.
Take the latitude and longitude of your current position, then compare it to the venue coordinate you care about. A great-circle calculator will give you the straight-line figure. A mapping application will give you road distance and travel time, which this article does not publish.
Do not treat the city-level pair as your personal distance. The 0.1 straight-line mile figure for The D Las Vegas is measured from the city's fixed coordinate, not from your hotel, your parking spot, or your phone. If you are staying on the Strip, your straight-line distance to downtown will be larger than the table shows, because the Strip sits south of the downtown cluster.
What to Confirm Before You Go
Several items change without notice and are not documented in this article. Confirm each one through the venue's own channel before you travel.
| Item | What can change | Where the current answer lives |
|---|---|---|
| Which slot machines are on the floor | Machine inventory rotates; a coin-operated machine may be removed or replaced | The venue's own gaming floor page or guest services desk |
| Whether any machine pays in coins | Payout method is machine-specific and changes with refurbishment | The venue's slot operations or the manufacturer's machine specification |
| Property access and walking routes | Construction, events, and pedestrian-mall closures alter the shortest road path | The venue's contact page or the downtown management district |
| Current facility counts | Slot machine and table game totals are revised as properties are rebuilt | Publicly published reference sources with an as-of date |
The documented figures in this article describe a point in time. The D Las Vegas is documented with more than 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games. Four Queens is documented with 105 slot machines and 115 hotel rooms. Horseshoe and Binion's are documented with 366 hotel rooms each. Golden Nugget Las Vegas is documented with 2,419 hotel rooms. These numbers come from publicly published reference sources and are not a live inventory.
FAQ
Does this article say which Las Vegas slot machines still take coins?
No. Coin operation is a machine-level payout mechanism that changes with inventory and refurbishment. This article documents only fixed geography and facility figures from publicly published reference sources. To find out whether a specific machine pays in coins, check the venue's own gaming floor page or ask at the slot operations desk on the day you visit.
How far is downtown Las Vegas from the Strip using these figures?
This article does not publish a Strip-to-downtown distance because that pair is not in the documented reference set. The table above measures from the city's fixed coordinate to downtown venues only. The Strip sits south of downtown, so any Strip-to-downtown straight-line figure would be larger than the 0.1 to 0.4 mile figures shown here, but no number is stated because none is documented.
Why is road distance always longer than the straight-line miles shown here?
A great-circle line ignores terrain, water, road geometry, and legal access. Roads must follow grade, cross at intersections, and respect property lines. In Las Vegas, mountains, washes, one-way streets, and the pedestrian mall all add route length. The straight-line figure is a map measurement only; a mapping application holds the road mileage.
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