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Concession facilities. For Overton Beach Resort, Inc. Lake Mead detailed information, write to P.O. Box 714 or phone the following Overton, NV 89040 NATIONAL RECREATION AREA concessioners: (702) 397-2569 ARIZONA* NEVADA Callville Bay Marina Temple Bar Marina, Inc. 2103 Western Ave. Temple Bar, AZ 86443 Las Vegas, NV 89102 (602) 767-3400 (702) 565-8956 Willow Beach Resort, Inc. Cottonwood Cove P.O Box 187 Development Co. Boulder City, NV 89005 P.O. Box 11 54 (602)767-3311 Cottonwood Cove, NV 89046 Nearby services. Telephone (702) 297-1233 and telegraph services, Echo Bay Resort, Inc. churches, motels, cafes, P.O. Box 384 garages, service stations, Overton, NV 89040 photographic and curio shops, (702) 397-2661 and stores are in Boulder City Henderson, Las Vegas, North Lake Mead Ferry Service, Inc. Las Vegas, Searchlight, and 5030 Paradise Rd. Overton, Nev., and in Bullhead Las Vegas, NV89119 City and Kingman, Ariz. (702)736-6180 Transportation to the park. Las Vegas Boat Harbor Most visitors come here in P.O. Box 771 private vehicles. Others use Henderson, NV 8901 5 the nearest commercial airport (702) 565-9111 at Las Vegas. Airports for Lake Mead Lodge & Marina private planes are at Boulder (Boulder Beach) City and North Las Vegas. 2103 Western Ave. Additional landing strips are Las Vegas, NV 89102 at Overton and Echo Bay in (702) 293-3484, 293-2074 Nevada and at Temple Bar in Arizona. Mohave County Lake Mohave Resort, Inc. Airport in Bullhead City, (Katherine) Ariz., serves Katherine, and an Bullhead City, AZ 86430 unimproved airstrip is located (602) 754-3245 across Lake Mohave from Lakeshore Trailer Village Cottonwood Cove. Seaplanes Boulder City NV 89005 may land on the lakes, but they (702) 293-2540 may not enter harbor areas under their own power. v? «- o- a ? VISITOR SERVICES CHART: a a a. c E > 0 3 o E, 3 S i The Visitor Center is the . « » ^ ^ E o o 3 place to learn about the c""J! n o 2. a ° £ park and to begin gathering 2 2 S = = 3 •! « S S °> information about your visit. These developed areas 5 .E ? S S o i •; S S f '5 | J i E are listed with distances DEogpOb^LiaoEkES from the Visitor Center. D:2oa:ej«i-2i-(/>e/>.J0.a.<cn LAKE MEAD Boulder Beach. 3.2km(2mi) Temple Bar, 89km (55mi) Echo Bay, 79km. (49mi) Callville Bay, 43km (27mi) Overton Beach, 101km (63mi) Las Vegas Wash, 16km (lOmi) Fishing for bass, trout, LAKE MOHAVE and catfish is a year-round pastime on the lakes. Katherine. 130km (81 mi) Willow Beach, 35km (22mi) ~ Cottonwood Cove, 87km (54mi) # Marine fuel only O Reserved for trailer village occupants Administration Lake Mead National Recreation our fish and wildlife, pre FOR YOUR SAFETY Area, established on October serving the environmental and The safety notes printed in A note about pets. Pets are 8, 1964, is administered by cultural values of our national bold letters in this folder are prohibited on beaches, in swim the National Park Service, parks and historical places, for your protection Please areas, or in public buildings U.S. Department of the and providing for the enjoy read them Never travel alone and must be kept leashed. Interior. The superintendent's ment of life through outdoor Someone else should always Heat rapidly kills pets left in address is 601 Nevada High recreation. The Department know where you are going, parked cars. Do not allow way, Boulder City, NV 89005. assesses our energy and when you expect to return, them to drink irrigation water mineral resources and works and have a description of your which may be toxic. Also, the As the Nation's principal to assure that their develop vehicle or boat The 24-hour, flowering oleanders in many conservation agency, the ment is in the best interests park emergency number is of the developed areas contain Department of the Interior of all our people. The Depart (702) 293-40*1. a poison that can be fatal if has responsibility for most of ment also has a major respon eaten. our nationally owned public sibility for American Indian lands and natural resources. reservation communities and This includes fostering the for people who live in Island National Park Service wisest use of our land and Territories under U.S. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR water resources, protecting administration. T*GP0,1977-24O957/l9 Reprint 1977 Vast expanses of clear water, stark and colorful nificant are its lessons about the formation of the ABOUT YOUR VISIT desert landscapes, clean air, and ideal climate earth's surface, the natural laws that govern bio The park is open all year. From make this national recreation area a welcome spot logical communities, the influence of man on this late September through late May the weather is delightful. in our polluted, crowded, jet-age world. environment, and in turn its influence on man. Even in July and August, when daytime temperatures may rise GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY The kit fox makes THE LAKE MEAD COUNTRY above 42°C (100°F) many The recreation area lies astride the Grand Wash its home on the Lake Mead stretches 170 kilometers (105 miles) desert where it preys visitors do not find the heat Cliffs, which form the abrupt and spectacular oppressive because of low up the old course of the Colorado River from upon rodents. transition between two major geographical prov humidity. Summer nights are Hoover Dam to Separation Canyon. Its 890-kilome inces of North America. To the east, the Colorado usually comfortable with low Shadows deepen on the ter (550-mile) shoreline, consisting of wide gravel temperatures averaging 21 °C upper reaches of Lake River has carved a series of canyons through the beaches, shadowed coves, and steep canyon walls, (70°F). For protection Mohave in the region high province known as the Colorado Plateau. The against brilliant sunshine, known as the Black provides endless opportunities for swimming, Canyon. grandest of these is the Grand Canyon, where wear a hat and tinted scuba diving, fishing, boating, water skiing, and erosion has exposed a spectacular cross section of This etching of three bighorn was done long ago, glasses. Be prepared for low Boating and water skiing. On remote beaches and in the beach camping. probably by chipping the rock's weathered surface temperatures on winter morn Launching ramps are located back country away from the nearly horizontal layers of limestones, shales, and with a stone. In some places in the recreation area, ings and evenings. Bring at each developed area. Always developed areas you can find Lake Mohave, a narrow reservoir created by Davis sandstones. the Indian petroglyphs show a variety of shapes. warm clothing. check the weather forecast Whether they were done for pure artistic pleasure places for more primitive Dam, reaches northward 108 kilometers (67 miles) and look for storm warning camping. Please bring back Soon after emerging from the western portal of or with a message in mind is not known. The Alan Bible Visitor Center to the base of Hoover Dam. Besides the various flags before going out. If bad your litter in litter containers the Grand Canyon, at the Grand Wash Cliffs, the near the west end of Lake weather catches you on the which you can pick up before water sports, visitors also observe and photo Mead is open daily. It has north-south trending mountains of the Basin and water, put on your life you leave at launch ramps and graph interesting geological formations, ancient exhibits on natural history and Range Province divert the Colorado River south jacket, head for the nearest campgrounds. Be alert for The Desert Shrub Community is the most wide publications that will help you Indian petroglyphs, and desert bighorn along sheltered cove, and wait it flash floods in stormy ward toward the Gulf of California. Broad enclosed spread of these four living communities. It covers plan your visit. A botanical its shores. out. Call (702) 736-3854 for weather. Avoid wash valleys, without external drainage, separate the garden surrounding the visitor all valley floors and gravel slopes up to about exotic to the desert. Ducks, gulls, and grebes feed a current forecast from the bottoms, and never camp on center can be an interesting The surrounding desert ranges in elevation from many mountain ranges of this vast province. 1,830 meters (6,000 feet) above sea level. Common National Weather Service. low ground. on the surface, while largemouth black bass, rain introduction to several natural 158 meters (517 feet) above sea level below Davis plants include creosotebush, Mohave yucca, But in the Lake Mead sections, the erosive power bow trout, and black crappie cruise along the sub communities of the desert. Boats, moorings, and marine Hiking. Exploring the park's Dam to 2,130 meters (6,990 feet) on the Shivwits Joshua-tree, and a variety of cactuses. Animals of of the Colorado River has breached the mountain merged cliffs searching for aquatic insects. Interpretive program schedules supplies can be rented from mountains and canyons can Plateau. Here you can enjoy hiking, climbing, rock- are posted at campgrounds most concessioners. Use barriers, thus providing the local basins with drain this arid community include kit fox, kangaroo rats, be enjoyable and rewarding hounding, hunting, and photography. MAN IN THE LAKE MEAD COUNTRY and ranger stations around the sanitary dump stations at in the spring, fall, and winter. age to the south. These broad basins and sheer desert bighorn, and a variety of reptiles and birds. Human history here extends back more than 10,000 lakes.