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Hoover Dam Overlook – Hoover Dam loop from Hoover Dam

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Nevada

Clark County

Hoover Dam Overlook – Hoover Dam loop from Hoover Dam

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3.1

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Hoover Dam Overlook – Hoover Dam loop from Hoover Dam

01:35

5.33km

160m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 30, 2026

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

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Start point

Parking

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1.41 km

Hoover Dam Overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is an arched bridge that spans the Colorado River between the states of Arizona and Nevada. It opened in 2010.
It was named after Mike O'Callaghan, governor of Nevada 1971-1979, and Pat Tillman, a football player who left the Arizona Cardinals to join the US Army. He was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004.

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2.37 km

Lake Mead water level

Highlight • Lake

Normally, this wouldn't be a highlight. But for one thing, this water level has been like this for years, and for another, it's a testament to how water is managed here.

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3.08 km

Hoover Dam Visitor Center

Highlight • Monument

You can get to the visitor center via a security gate. There you can watch a film about the creation of the Hoover Dam and visit a small exhibition. From the Vesuchterrasse you have a view over the visitors' terrace. The ticket costs 10 dollars. You can also book tours of the power plant.

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3.32 km

Colorado River

Highlight • River

The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon and then widens to form Lake Mead behind the Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border.

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3.43 km

Hoover Dam

Highlight • Monument

The massive dam was built between 1930 and 1935 with the main purpose of providing controlled water delivery to the surrounding states of Arizona, Nevada and California and to generate electricity. The dam was named after the 31st President of the USA: Herbert C. Hoover.

The dam has 17 turbine-driven generators and delivers more than half of the 2,080 megawatts of energy produced to Southern California. Depending on how much water is retained by the dam, the Colorado River has a coffee-brown color, since sediments are stirred up when the water level is high. If more water is held back, the river is almost clear and has a turquoise blue color.

From the higher parking areas you have a nice walk down and you get a good view over the area.

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4.69 km

Lake Mead

Highlight • Lake

Lake Mead is a reservoir on the Colorado River, it is on the border of Nevada and Arizona. It was created by the Hoover Dam and is the largest man-made reservoir in the United States.

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4.87 km

Hoover Dam Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The memorial was built in memory of the people who designed the dam and all those who died in the construction of Hoover Dam. Nearly 100 construction workers died during the construction, some of them fell from several hundred meters into the Colorado River. The monument depicts two winged allegorical figures sitting alongside a polished black diorite base. You can see seven seals of the states that receive water or electricity from the Hoover Dam: Colorado, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming and New Mexico.

The memorial is on the Nevada side of the dam. More background information can be found here: ctmonuments.net/2010/04/hoover-dam-nevada-and-arizona

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4.95 km

High Scaler Statue at Hoover Dam

Highlight • Monument

A striking statue at Hoover Dam honoring the brave workers who scaled the canyon walls. Worth a quick stop to appreciate the history and the sculpture by Steven Liguori.

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5.33 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.32 km

1.29 km

439 m

279 m

Surfaces

2.68 km

1.72 km

405 m

292 m

200 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

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Hoover Dam Overlook – Hoover Dam loop from Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam Overlook

Lake Mead water level

Hoover Dam Visitor Center

Colorado River

Hoover Dam

Lake Mead

Hoover Dam Memorial

High Scaler Statue at Hoover Dam

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