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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead and Lake Mohave form a broad Colorado River recreation area across Nevada and Arizona, where reservoirs, desert terrain and dam history shape distinct kinds of visits.
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Hoover Dam and Davis Dam explain the two reservoirs, while the surrounding terrain provides a desert counterpart to water recreation. The area extends beyond a single lakeshore destination. Decide whether your interest is the engineered river, boating or desert scenery before selecting which part of the recreation area to explore.
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Lake Mead and Lake Mohave are separate reservoirs along the Colorado River.
Hoover Dam links the lake’s formation to the river’s twentieth-century transformation.
Useful to know
Distinguish Lake Mead from Lake Mohave before choosing your destination within the recreation area.
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