Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Five Restaurants To Try Near Lake Mead This Weekend | Eater Vegas

"From I-93 it appears like an apparition — a dazzling splash of blue in the desert — and at roughly a half-hour from the Strip the 1.5 million-acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area offers beaches, marinas, campgrounds and plenty of ways to get on or into the water. I found it an impressive reminder that it’s not always necessary to drive to Los Angeles to see water: you can kayak the Colorado River through the Black Canyon, swim at Boulder Beach, and spend time among black lava rock and cool cerulean water as a hiker, fisher, boater or sunbather." - Krista Diamond