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 miles east from Las Vegas Strip. It is the largest reservoir in the United States in terms of water...
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Colorado River Valley at Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona
The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. Laughlin is an unincorporated...
Ghost Town St. Thomas, Nevada
Lying on the former lake bottom of Lake Mead the remains of the town of St. Thomas, Nevada re-emerges as a result of the decline of Lake Mead. Ninety years ago, through the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam was approved and constructed to harness the mighty Colorado...
Colorado River Big Bend Conservation Area
Located South of Laughlin, Nevada the Big Bend Conservation Area is a partnership between the Nevada Division of Wildlife, Southern Nevada Water Authority, the Nevada Division of State Parks, and the LCR MSCP. The partnership began with the acquisition of a small...
Mushroom Rocks – Rocky Mountain National Park
The Tundra Communities Trail to Mushroom Rocks is a good opportunity to stretch your legs and experience dramatic panoramic views of the Rockies. Best of all get a sense of how harsh an environment these mountain peaks are with a biting cold wind in the dead of...
Casa Codorniz April 11, 2021
Casa Codorniz is located in a small 60 acre subdivision in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area 6 miles from the Colorado River, Lake Mohave and 12 miles from Bullhead City, Arizona and Laughlin Nevada. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national...
Over-the-Top Lake Mohave Overlook Trail
A moderate/easy 4wd trail in the Arizona Black Mountain foothills to an interesting Lake Mohave/Bullhead City overlook. Lake Mohave is a reservoir on the Colorado River created in 1951 following the completion of Davis Dam near present-day Laughlin, Nevada, and...
Lunch at Bubba Gump
The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. The Golden Nugget Hotel &...
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Moki Dugway June 8, 2021
Pueblo Indians carved shallow hand and toe holds, or Moki steps, into rock cliffs to make a near vertical climb. The Moki Dugway, also a steep climb up a hillside, was not made by Pueblo Indians, but by miners to transport uranium. The Moki Dugway (also spelled Mokee...









