your imagination and the tunnels themselves combine to help tell the origin stories of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. On the trail of history The Historic Railroad Trail, an easy hike that is ideal for ...

Like Boulder City, Lake Mead is another direct result of the Hoover Dam. The dam was built to control the water of the Colorado River and the lake provides storage of the diverted and blocked water.

Bored into the desert cliffs above Lake Mead lies a trail once vital to the building of Hoover Dam. The Historic Railroad Trail offers sweeping views, echoing tunnels, and a rare chance to walk ...

But the terrain here is something entirely different. At the summit, you'll be rewarded with sweeping views of Lake Mead, ...

The construction of Lake Mead, and Hoover Dam began in 1931, and finished in 1936. Before it was built, the land was scarcely visited by anyone because of its extreme temperatures and harsh landscape.

A photo shows the Hoover Dam, which forms Lake Mead in Nevada. A photo shows the Hoover Dam, which forms Lake Mead in Nevada. superjoseph/Getty If dead pool were reached, it would be a catastrophe.

When full, Lake Mead can reach an elevation of 1,220 feet and hold 9.3 million gallons of water, NASA said. But the reservoir behind the Hoover Dam last reached full capacity in the summers of ...

Located along a stretch of the Colorado River, Lake Mead spans hundreds of miles over the border of eastern Nevada and western Arizona. It works conjunctively with Hoover Dam to supply water and ...

Regional drought: Deep cuts loom on Colorado River as water levels plunge Lake Mead's declining levels have been clearly visible in the canyon walls that surround the reservoir near Hoover Dam.

Its epitaph might read: Here lay the waters of Lake Mead. The largest U.S. reservoir ... beneath the walls of Black Canyon until the Hoover Dam was erected in 1935 for irrigation, flood control ...