This was sent to me by a friend. Truly a fantastic photo of the bridge construction. The completed bridge has become just as big a tourist attraction as the dam, well almost. The bridge has its own parking lot and viewpoint and provides photo ops of Hoover Dam never-before available to the average person until […]
Hike to Liberty Bell Arch
On January 17th, 2011 some good friends and I went on a hike to the Liberty Bell Arch on the Arizona side of the Colorado River below Hoover Dam. The 2.5 mile hike route provided several views of the new O’Callaghan – Tillman Memorial Bridge located upstream about 3 – miles. The Bridge was also […]
A Destination Trail
After posing the question on Facebook about whether the users thought the River Mountains Loop Trail was a “Destination Trail,” I have to concur that it is. My brief research doesn’t really define what a destination trail is so I’m setting out to determine what makes this a destination trail. So I went to Wikipedia and started with: […]
Historic Railroad Trail featured in Rails to Trails Magizine
Nov. 20, 20009 – The winter 2009 edition of Rails to Trails is out and it feature The Historic Railroad Trail At Lake Mead on the cover, plus a six page article and photos within. The photo shoot took place back in the spring which several of us from the River Mountains Trail Partnership participated in. […]
Hoover Dam Connecting Trail – Historic Railroad Trail
Nov. 6, 2009 – I ran across these old photos of the building of the connecting trail from the Historic Railroad down to the Hoover Dam Visitor center parking garage. This was probably one of the most expensive trail segments due to the NEPA and historic nature of the area; plus it […]
Trail Alert – Historic Railroad Trail work finished Oct. 21, 2009
October 22, 2009 – Historic Railroad trail is now open again to Hoover Dam. Reclamation has improved the area that crosses the Police access road. We have striped a cross walk, and paved from the exit of the switchyard to the top of the switchback trail down to the parking garage. ADDITIONAL WORK PLANNED FOR 2010 […]
River Mountains Loop Trail now found on Traillink.com
October 6, 2009 – We can now be found on traillink.com a map and trail location service provided by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. A good three and half miles of the RMLT are built on Historic Railroad bed within Lake Mead NRA. Also the RMLT links up with the official Historic Railroad Trail at the Alan Bible Visitor […]
