We can’t – but the City of Las Vegas is more than up to the task. If you go to its official Web site and click on the "Maps" page (http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Publications/maps.asp), you’ll find over 60 maps. We recommend starting with the first one, the "City of Las Vegas Interactive Map." It has a click-and-drag feature that will allow you to zoom into satellite photos of Las Vegas, as well as identify individual properties.
It’s a good thing the city is so well-armed in terms of online mapping, because the borders of Las Vegas are bizarre and not easily described. They extend as far northwest as the Kyle Canyon entry to Mount Charleston and include a big "donut hole" that is Summerlin.
Sahara Avenue generally – but not always -- represents the southernmost reach of Las Vegas proper. Since the Stratosphere sits several blocks north of Sahara and, as you point out, within Las Vegas, it’s technically not part of "the Strip." The latter is generally regarded as beginning at Sahara and Las Vegas Boulevard and terminating at Mandalay Bay (or vice versa, depending on your perspective).
However, the Strat is also the only casino of consequence on Las Vegas Boulevard north of Sahara, so it is sometimes defined as a "Strip" property. Majestic Research, which issued market reports on Las Vegas for a time, classified the Strat as a Strip casino while lumping George Maloof’s off-Strip (but pricey) Palms in with the "locals" joints ... so you could say that Bob Stupak’s towering edifice complex inhabits a gray area in terms of what is and isn’t "the Strip."
