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Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States.It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, 24 mi (39 km) east of Las Vegas.
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 boat at Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lake Mead from the Hoover Dam Rock formations near Echo Bay. 900 plant species; 500 animal species; 24 rare and threatened species The relict leopard frog (Lithobates onca) is now believed to survive only in this area. [14] 9 designated wilderness areas; 122,166 museum objects and archives
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 ...
As of Aug. 17, the water level at Lake Mead is at only 1,067.73 feet -- 161.27 feet below the high water line of 1,229 feet. At this same time during 2020, the water level was at 1,084.01 feet.
The bridge is located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area approximately 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, and carries Interstate 11 and U.S. Route 93 over the Colorado River. Opened in 2010, it was the key component of the Hoover Dam Bypass project, which rerouted US 93 from its previous routing along the top of Hoover Dam and ...
Lake Mead is the first and largest national recreation area, with 1.5 million acres of mountains, canyons and two lakes. It’s located about 30 miles east of Las Vegas and is a popular spot for ...
The Grand Wash Cliffs [1] extend south-southeast from the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwest Arizona west of the Shivwits Plateau south through the Grand Cliffs Wilderness and into the Lake Mead Recreation Area. The Grand Wash Cliffs cross the Grand Canyon where the Colorado River enters Lake Mead.