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Lake Mead National Recreation AreaCommon Mergansers on the Shore of Lake Mead
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Ranger Guided

Lake Mead Field Trips
Reservations are required. There is no charge for these field trips, but teachers must arrange their own transportation. more..

 

Lake Mohave Field Trips
Reservations are required. There is no charge for these field trips, but teachers must arrange their own transportation. For more information, call Robin White at Katherine Landing Ranger Station at (928) 754-5601 more..

 

Desert Princess Too Floating Classroom
We offer a unique Lake Mead experience in partnership with Lake Mead Cruises, a National Park Service concessionaire. For grades 3-5, we conduct a geology program on board the Desert Princess Too tour boat. The boat trip is an hour and a half, and it goes from the boat dock next to Las Vegas Boat Harbor to the Hoover Dam and back. more..

 

Forever Earth Floating Environmental Lab
Forever Earth is a houseboat outfitted as a floating environmental lab and learning center on Lake Mead. It was donated to the Outside Las Vegas Foundation by the Public Lands Institute at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. more..

Jimbilnan Wilderness - taken by Brian Beffort  

Did You Know?
"In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside a few rivers in their natural state should be considered an obligation." -- Senator Frank Church

Last Updated: June 27, 2009 at 01:01 EST