According to a Las Vegas Sun article, Lake Mead and the surrounding park was originally Boulder Dam National Recreation Area, but became Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Aug. 11, 1947.

This recreation area provides scenic vistas of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave with more than 700 miles ... crucial funding – up to $6.65 billion over five years – to fix our national parks’ crumbling roads ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Millions of dollars has been awarded to Lake Mead National Recreation Area to fix damage, hundreds of miles of illegal roads and trails. The National Park Service site is ...

While still packing cardiovascular benefits, riding an e-bike can help tame grueling challenges like this 34-mile scenic ...

Tired of being cooped up at home, visitors swarmed Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Saturday after the park opened to annual pass holders. For Kelani Mitchell, it was the longest stretch of ...

There are 4 National Parks in Nevada. Parks include Death Valley and Great Basin National Parks, Lake Mead National Rec ...

Whether you're hiking, boating or just taking a stroll outside, the great outdoors has its dangers, and that includes the ...

Only Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon National Park rank higher than Yosemite in number of park deaths with 204 and 134 fatalities, respectively. A third of the deaths at ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned ...

At 1.5 million acres, Lake Mead National Recreation Area is twice the size of Rhode Island and offers plenty of solitude, even when crowded. Lake Mead is Arizona’s busiest park, yet I always ...

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