Hoover Dam
A concrete dam over 200 meters high on the Colorado River, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, built in the 1930s. It has a visitors center and guided tours of the power plant.
Nevada · the United States
In the destination Las Vegas and Death Valley.
In the photo: Wilbur Square Park in Boulder City
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The city
A small town planned in the 1930s for the Hoover Dam workers, about 40 km from Las Vegas. It has a quiet historic center with buildings from the dam’s construction era and is the base for visiting the dam on the Arizona border and the beaches and marinas of Lake Mead.
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The local experience
A concrete dam over 200 meters high on the Colorado River, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, built in the 1930s. It has a visitors center and guided tours of the power plant.
The large reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, surrounded by desert mountains, with beaches, marinas, boat tours and scenic roads near Boulder City.