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Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935, less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed. [4] The area surrounding Lake Mead was protected as a bird refuge in 1933 [5] and later established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936 [6] and the name was changed to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 1947. [7]
Alan Bible Visitor Center in 2007. The Alan Bible Visitor Center is a visitor center located at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. [1] The visitor center features a 20-minute movie about the recreation area. [1] There is also an array of exhibits, a gift shop, and a desert botanical garden. [1] It was completed around 1966. [2]
Lake Mead was established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936, administered by the National Park Service. [10] The name was changed to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 1947, and Lake Mohave and the Shivwits Plateau were later added to its jurisdiction. [11] Both lakes and the surrounding area offer year-round recreation options.
Joanna Allhands, Arizona Republic October 23, 2023 at 10:01 AM A fisherman throws a cast net along shore of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev.
Spanning 2,344 square miles (6,071 square kilometers) of mountains and desert canyons, the Lake Mead National Recreation Area just outside of Las Vegas draws around 6 million visitors every year.
A formerly sunken boat sits upright in the air with its stern stuck in the mud along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Friday, June 10, 2022, near Boulder City ...
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead between Nevada and Arizona. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was planning the construction of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River in the late 1920s and saw the potential for recreation at the scenic area in Nevada and Arizona around the future Lake Mead, to then be the world's largest reservoir.
Both lakes are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service. Willow Beach was a major trade center for Mojave and Virgin Ancestral Pueblo people along the routes between Coastal California and the American Southwest between 500 and 1200 CE. [1]