It is bordered by the Snow Mountain Paiute Reservation and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument to the north, Lower Kyle Canyon and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to the west, Summerlin to the south, and North Las Vegas to the east.

The Spring Mountains are visible to the west with Gass Peak in the Las Vegas Range to the north.

On January 17, 2001, northwest Las Vegas, which occupies over a third of the city's area, was unofficially given the name Centennial Hills in a contest, which won with 2,222 votes.

[2] Located just north of Centennial Hills, Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is accessible from the neighborhood at Moccasin Road and Durango Drive.

[7] The RTC Centennial Hills Transit Center Park & Ride began construction in June 2009 and opened January 2010.