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 of shoreline and a ... 10 Easy Getaways Read more about The 12 Most-Visited Winter Parks Blog Post The ...

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

In Nevada, Lake Mead National Recreation Area produced $358 million, far more than Great Basin National Park ($21.8 million) or Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument ($5.5 million).

Since 2000, an average of 25 people have died every year within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in drowning and boating accidents, according to National Park Service data obtained through a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 seem to find a chunk to ...