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The Alan Bible Visitor Center is a visitor center located at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. [1] The visitor center features a 20-minute movie about the recreation area. [1] There is also an array of exhibits, a gift shop, and a desert botanical garden. [1] It was completed around 1966. [2]
Pearce Ferry & upper Lake Mead. Meadview, Arizona at lower right, Hualapai Indian Reservation upper right. 2012 photo by Doc Searls. Pearce Ferry (sometimes misspelled Pierce Ferry) marks the boundary between Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon, where the low sandy banks around the lake give way to imposing, colorfully layered cliffs that enclose the Colorado River for the next 277 miles upstream.
A comparison of Lake Mead water levels from July 2000 to July 2015. Lake Mead's water level rebounded a few feet by October 2015 and avoided triggering the drought restrictions. The water level started falling in Spring 2016 and fell below the drought trigger level of 1,075 feet again in May 2016.
Get on the water by renting a houseboat at some of the best watersport destinations in the country like Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and Lake Vermilion. ... lift bridges, and guard gates that date back ...
The shutdown of the federal government is really hitting home for some with cabins on Lake Mead. Several of them who've been leasing federal land for their vacation homes about 70 miles from Las ...
Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935, less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed. [4] The area surrounding Lake Mead was protected as a bird refuge in 1933 [ 5 ] and later established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936 [ 6 ] and the name was changed to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 1947. [ 7 ]
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It is located on the western shore of the Overton Arm (northern portion of Lake Mead), within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The community contains a campground run by the National Park Service and a boat ramp. There used to be a marina there as well, but it closed in February 2013. Approximately 200,000 people visit Echo Bay annually.