Lake Mead National Recreation Area spans 177 miles of the Colorado River, including Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. The area's 1.5 million acres stretches into southern Nevada.
The area offers boating and watersports, camping facilities, fishing, and hiking opportunities. Lake Mohave is 67 miles long, making it the smaller of the two major lakes in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Like its counterpart, Lake Mohave is an artificial body of water, held back by Davis Dam. Willow Beach is a small resort town on the Colorado River with accommodation, restaurants, marina and fish hatchery.