Boulder Canyon, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

#24 among attractions in Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon

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Boulder Canyon, originally Devils Gate Canyon, is a canyon on the Colorado River, above Hoover Dam, now flooded by Lake Mead. It lies between Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona. It heads at western end of the Virgin River Basin of Lake Mead, at about 36°09′05″N 114°32′51″W. Boulder Canyon divides the Black Mountains into the Black Mountains of Arizona, and the Black Mountains of Nevada. Its mouth is now under the eastern end of the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead, between Canyon Point in Nevada and Canyon Ridge in Arizona. Its original mouth is now underneath Lake Mead between Beacon Rock and Fortification Ridge on the southern shore in Arizona. ()

Coordinates: 36°8'13"N, 114°37'23"W

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Boulder Canyon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hamblin Bay, Valley of Fire State Park, Cottonwood Spring, Boulder Wash Cove.

1.8 miW
Lake
Hamblin Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
47 min walk • Hamblin Bay is a bay of Lake Mead on the Colorado River, to the east of Las Vegas and Callville Bay in the U.S. state of Nevada. It lies between Sandy Cove which lies to the west and Rotary Cove and Rufus Cove which lie to the east.
4.3 miNE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Valley of Fire State Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
111 min walk • Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada.
4.7 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Cottonwood Spring, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
120 min walk • Cottonwood Spring is a spring in the Black Mountains, between the west end of Pinto Valley and Callville Wash, at an elevation of 2205 feet.
4.5 miNE
Lake
Boulder Wash Cove, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
116 min walk • Boulder Wash Cove is a cove in Lake Mead, in Clark County, Nevada. Boulder Wash for which the cove is named has its mouth in the cove at an elevation of 1,204 / 367 meters when the reservoir is at its full level.
5.3 miW
Sailing, Marina
Callville Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
137 min walk • Callville Bay is a waterway on the northwestern side of Lake Mead in the U.S. state of Nevada. It has a marina and camping resort.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Black Mountains, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
81 min walk • The Black Mountains, a mid-Miocene formation, in Nevada are a series of rugged, arid rocky volcanic mountains ranging in elevations to 3310 ft.

Boulder Canyon, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Facts and practical information

Boulder Canyon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Hamblin Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Valley of Fire State Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Cottonwood Spring, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Boulder Wash Cove, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Callville Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Black Mountains, Lake Mead National Recreation Area