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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Welcome to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Website of pictures within the World from the Web Home page. Located in southern Nevada and Northwestern Arizona, this park is located just to the southeast of Las Vegas. From Las Vegas take I-15S to I-215E to I-515S. This will turn into Rt 93S. Follow the signs to the Hoover Dam. This is about a 30 mile trip.

The park occupies 1.5 million acres and includes two manmade lakes, Lakes Mead and Mojave. Activities in the park include camping, boating, swimming, hiking, and sightseeing. During the summer months the temperature can easily exceed 100F. Many portions of this National Recreation Area are isolated and contain limited facilities.

For further information, contact Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 601 Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada 89005 or call 702-293-8907.

All pictures on the following pages are from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, using various film and digital cameras. Pictures on this page are all from the Hoover Dam or immediate area from Rt 93.

  • Additional pictures of Lake Mead from Lakeshore Drive.
  • Pictures from Lake Mojave and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.


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    View the panoramic shot of Lake Mead from the Sunset View Scenic Overlook off of Lakeshore Drive (Route 166).
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    Hoover Dam.
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    Looking down on the power plant from atop of the dam.
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    Hoover Dam spillways and Lake Mead. Notice the high water marks which are bleached white on the red rocks. This is from an El Nino in the early 1980s. This mark has since been raised by the 1998 El Nino.
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    Black Canyon and the Colorado River just above the Hoover Dam.
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    Spillways at the Hoover Dam.
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    Lake Mead near the dam.
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    Looking up at Hoover Dam from the Colorado River. This view is part of the Hoover Dam tour.
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    Power Plant from the Colorado River. This view is part of the Hoover Dam tour.
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    From a pullout on Rt. 93, north of the Hoover Dam.
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    Lake Mead from the Lakeview Point overlook. This is north of the Hoover Dam by about 1 mile. The turnoff may not be marked, but it is easy to see and obvious.
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    Lake Mead and boats from Lakeview Point overlook.
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    From the Scenic Overlook at mile 12 off of Rt 93, south of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado River can be seen in the distance.
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    Further information can be found at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area GORP or
    Lake Mead National Recreation Area desertusa page.

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