Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area

Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area
Nevada State Park
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark

Location	Laughlin
- coordinates	35°6′38″N 114°38′35″W / 35.11056°N 114.64306°W / 35.11056; -114.64306Coordinates: 35°6′38″N 114°38′35″W / 35.11056°N 114.64306°W / 35.11056; -114.64306

Founded	1996
Management	Nevada Division of State Parks

Location of Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area in Nevada

Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area is a state park unit of Nevada, USA, on the Colorado River in southern Clark County. It was created in 1996, a newer state park, in the Southern Nevada Region in the Nevada State Parks system.

Geography

Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area is located in the Lower Colorado River Valley, just south of the town of Laughlin.

Recreation

The recreation area, located directly across the Colorado River from Bullhead City, Arizona, offers camping, fishing, picnicking and a boat launch. Four miles of developed trails were opened in 2009.

External links

Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area

Protected areas of Nevada

Federal

National Parks and Monuments	Basin and Range NM Death Valley NP Great Basin NP Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

National Recreation Areas	Lake Mead Spring Mountains (USFS)

National Forests	Humboldt-Toiyabe Inyo Lake Tahoe Basin

National Conservation Areas	Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Red Rock Canyon Sloan Canyon

National Wilderness Areas	Alta Toquima Arc Dome Arrow Canyon Bald Mountain Becky Peak Big Rocks Black Canyon Black Rock Desert Boundary Peak Bridge Canyon Bristlecone Calico Mountains Clover Mountains Currant Mountain Death Valley Delamar Mountains East Fork High Rock Canyon East Humboldt Eldorado Far South Egans Fortification Range Goshute Canyon Government Peak Grant Range High Rock Canyon High Rock Lake High Schells Highland Ridge Ireteba Peaks Jarbidge Jimbilnan Jumbo Springs La Madre Mountain Lime Canyon Little High Rock Canyon Meadow Valley Range Mormon Mountains Mt Charleston Mt Grafton Mt Irish Mt Moriah Mt Rose Muddy Mountains Nellis Wash North Black Rock Range North Jackson Mountains North McCullough Pahute Peak Parsnip Peak Pinto Valley Quinn Canyon Rainbow Mountain Red Mountain Ruby Mountains Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Shellback South Egan Range South Jackson Mountains South McCullough South Pahroc Range Spirit Mountain Table Mountain Tunnel Spring Wee Thump Joshua Tree Weepah Spring White Pine Range White Rock Range Worthington Mountains

National Wildlife Refuges	Anaho Island Ash Meadows Desert Fallon Moapa Valley Pahranagat Ruby Lake Sheldon Stillwater

State

Historic Parks	Belmont Courthouse Dangberg Home Ranch Elgin Schoolhouse Fort Churchill Mormon Station Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Ward Charcoal Ovens

Recreation Areas	Big Bend Lahontan Rye Patch South Fork Walker Lake Wild Horse

Other	Beaver Dam Berlin–Ichthyosaur Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Dayton Echo Canyon Kershaw–Ryan Lake Tahoe – Nevada Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Valley Valley of Fire Van Sickle Washoe Lake

Previous	Floyd Lamb

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