Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Hours:Visitor Center is open daily 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Admission:Entrance fees are $5 per car or $3 per person. Lake fees start at $10 per vessel
5:48 PM Saturday, May 26
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With its sharp craggy mountains, deep canyons and desert basins, you won't believe that Sin City is only a few hours away from the deserted, dramatic and often surreal scenery of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
There are many activities to do around and on Lake Mead; it's a peaceful and beautiful place to bike, kayak, water ski, camp, fish and hike. You can also scuba dive or go for a swim in one of the surrounding lakes.
Lake Mead and Lake Mojave are the two main destinations in the Lake Mead Recreation Area. Lake Mead is 110 miles (177 km) long and Lake Mojave is 67 miles (107 km) long. Because of their size, both are major destinations for boaters. The surrounding beaches, marinas, and campgrounds make the surrounding area popular for boater and non-boaters.
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Tour was excellent, bus driver not up to the task.
Passengers were arguing over seating, since no announcement was made by the driver. Turned the passengers into a trailer trash, fight for the
seats you occupied when the tour started.
A lovely evening spent on Lake Mead. Transfer to Lake Mead was a bit tedious as we spent 45 minutes in the coach company's car park paying the fuel surcharge but the cruise and staff (and food) was first class
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Lake Mead borders Arizona and Nevada and is the located just 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas. Lake Mead is really just a basin - albeit the largest drainage basin in the United States! - of the Colorado River as it flows into and up against Hoover Dam.
