Lake Mead water levels are low from years of drought. The water used to be just under the walkways that lead to the towers
Location: Between Clark Cty, NV and Mojave Cty, AZ
Designation: National Recreation Area
Date NPS designation declared: 10/13/1936
Date of my visit: April 8, 2017
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The Hoover Dam is operated by the US Bureau of Reclamation, but it helps to form the Lake Mead NRA. We stopped at the Dam overlook while on a bus tour to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. We’d already taken the guided tour of the Glen Canyon Dam a few years earlier, so it was enough for us to snap a few photos, stretch our legs and move on the next stop.
The Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge over the Black Canyon
