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Hikes Around Lake Mead
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Bluffs Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–4 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Bluffs Trail overlooks the Las Vegas Bay and Las Vegas Wash, where visitors can see a stark contrast in vegetation between wet and dry areas.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–4 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
The Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail features incredible vistas of Lake Mead and Boulder Basin and five tunnels – each approximately 25 feet wide.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Northshore Summit Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–4 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
A perfect place to take in the desert in all its vastness and striking colors.
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Owl Canyon Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–3 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Owl Canyon Trail narrows and deepens into a slot canyon with 100-foot vertical walls in the most confined section.
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Redstone Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–4 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
The fiery eroded formations on this trail were once part of a vast desert landscape.
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River Mountains Loop Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 4–8 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
The River Mountains Loop Trail is a non-motorized, paved trail provides visitors with an extensive trail loop offering scenic views, plentiful wildlife, and the vast beauty only the Mojave Desert can offer.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
St. Thomas Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–4 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Today, remnants of the town are now visible thanks to the lowering water levels of Lake Mead.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Wetlands Trail
- Activity Fee: Yes
- Reservations: No
- Activity: Front-Country Hiking
- Pets: Yes
- Duration: 1–4 Hours
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
The Wetlands Trail follows a dry dirt trail down to the flowing Las Vegas Wash, where water from the Las Vegas Valley dispenses into Lake Mead and shapes the landscape through erosion.
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Last updated: December 19, 2023