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Hikes Around Lake Mead
Multiple Parks Slot canyonTowering walls twist and turn on Owl Canyon Trail. NPS/A. Cattoir
 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
A trail winds above on a high vista overlooking a small stream.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
A tunnel constructed of wood beams looking out down a trail towards another tunnel.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 cloudy sky over a mountainous landscape.A perfect place to take in the desert in all its vastness and striking colors.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Owl Canyon Trail
Activity Fee: Yes
Reservations: No
Activity: Front-Country Hiking
Pets: Yes
Duration: 1–3 Hours
Season: Winter,  Spring,  Summer,  Fall
A trail cuts through a winding canyon.Owl Canyon Trail narrows and deepens into a slot canyon with 100-foot vertical walls in the most confined section.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Redstone Trail
Activity Fee: Yes
Reservations: No
Activity: Front-Country Hiking
Pets: Yes
Duration: 1–4 Hours
Season: Winter,  Spring,  Summer,  Fall
Looking out of a cave in a rock formation out into a desert landscape.The fiery eroded formations on this trail were once part of a vast desert landscape.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
River Mountains Loop Trail
Activity Fee: Yes
Reservations: No
Activity: Front-Country Hiking
Pets: Yes
Duration: 4–8 Hours
Season: Winter,  Spring,  Summer,  Fall
A path cuts through a desert landscape with mountains in the backround.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
Old historic buildings left in a desert landscape.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
A river with bluffs in the background.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


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