Redstone Dunes

Lake Mead

The fiery eroded formations visitors see here were once part of a vast desert of sand dunes, formed when dinosaurs roamed the earth. 140 million years later, geological forces turned the loose sand dunes into hard sandstone. This is more of a nature walk with no need of trails, just wander.

Lake Mead is the largest manmade reservoir in the United States, spanning over 110 miles long in Nevada and Arizona. When Lake Mead is at its fullest, it boasts 759 miles of shoreline, is 532 feet deep, has 247 square miles of surface and 28 millions-acre feet of water. Three of America’s four desert ecosystems – the Mojave, the Great Basin, and the Sonoran Deserts meet in Lake Mead.

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