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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.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in Southeastern Nevada and Northwestern Arizona.Operated by the National Park Service, Lake Mead NRA follows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Grand Canyon National Park to just north of the cities of Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona.
On the 1998-99 map, the southern section of SR 147 (along Lake Mead Drive) was replaced by an eastward extension of SR 146 (now SR 564). The entire length of SR 147 is now on Lake Mead Boulevard, with the eastern terminus truncated to the northern border of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Lake Mead, formed by the 726-foot (221 m)-high Hoover Dam about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest reservoir in the United States with a full capacity of 28,945,000 acre-feet (35.703 km 3) and a water surface of nearly 250 square miles (650 km 2). However, the lake has not been full for many years due to a ...
View from the west end of SR 146 looking eastbound. The original segment of SR 146 was known as State Route 41 (Lake Mead Drive) until the early-1980s. Originally, it was a 19 mi (31 km) route that began at the current western terminus at Interstate 15 and crossed Boulder Highway in Henderson before ending at the intersection of North Shore Road near Lake Mead.
Geologic Map of the Peacock Mountains and Southern Grand Wash Cliffs, map Citation Grand Wash Basin (north Grand Wash Cliffs), maps & description, for water resources, etc. Geology strata (photo & graphic) of Grand Wash Cliffs , at Geologic History of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area , at 3dpark.wr.usgs.gov Archived 2010-05-28 at the ...
Las Vegas Wash is a 12-mile-long stream (an "arroyo" or "wash") which feeds most of the Las Vegas Valley's excess water into Lake Mead. The wash is sometimes called an urban river, and it exists in its present capacity because of an urban population.
State Route 564 (SR 564) is an east–west highway in Clark County, Nevada, in the southeast portion of the Las Vegas Valley.The route travels through the city of Henderson, traveling from the junction of Interstate 215 (I-215) and I-11, also part of U.S. Route 93 (US 93) and US 95, to Lake Las Vegas, ending near Lake Mead.