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Hoover Dam
Boulder City, Arizona
Massive 1930s dam on the Colorado with walkable overlooks and a bypass-bridge view.
- Price
- Parking fee; tours extra
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
You can walk across the top of the dam, tour the powerplant, and see the Colorado River drop down into the canyon. The pedestrian walkway on the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Bridge gives the best view of the whole structure. Paid parking on the Nevada side.
Good to know
- Walk the bridge for free for the postcard view
- Tours of the powerplant sell out in summer
- Best time
- Morning
- Getting there
- Sealed road, large car park, no big rigs on the access road during security checks
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Rubbish bins
- Toilets
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