Lake Mead National Recreation Area - Designated Wilderness Areas (U.S. National Park Service)

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Designated Wilderness Areas

designated areas includes:
Black Canyon Wilderness Eldorado WIlderness Ireteba Peaks Wilderness Nellis Wash Wilderness Bridge Canyon Wilderness		Spirit Mountain Wilderness Jimbilnan Wilderness Muddy Mountain Wilderness Pinto Valley Wilderness

A Cholla in the Nellis Wash Wilderness


			Did You Know? Hoover Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric installation at the time of its construction, presented massive challenges to its designers and builders, yet the project was completed in less than five years! Hoover Dam backed up the waters of the Colorado River to create Lake Mead.

Last Updated: October 10, 2008 at 18:17 EST