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| - With its sandy beach, palm trees, and clear water Boulder Beach is Magaritaville in the desert. This past Saturday I was wasting away in Magaritaville.
With the summer temperature turning the desert into an oven, I had to become more creative with my weekly hiking adventure. So, I chose to waste away stress and negativity with a minor hike alongside Boulder Beach. If the temperature became unbearable, I could turn the hike into a swimming adventure.
Boulder Beach-the Magaritaville in the desert rests on the southwest corner of Lake Mead, which is approximately two miles north of US 93. It is one of the rare places along the Lake Mead shoreline exclusively designated as a beach. From my experience it is a rocky Magaritaville. In my opinion, it is far too rocky to swim in the water without flip flops. It is a relaxing place to stand in the water where a mental shaker of salt dissipates stress. I enjoyed the rare opportunity of standing knee-deep in the exact water that is flowing from the Grand Canyon. I enjoyed looking across at the Western mountainside. On a triple digit day, this was a refreshing way of wasting away my stress.
Boulder Beach is part of Boulder Beach Campground. This is a spread out section in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The totality of the east portion is a beach connecting Las Vegas Boat Harbor on the south to the Saddle Island area on the north. The west portion is three separate shady areas. The southern area, with its own entrance is a motor trailer campground that includes a store that is open to 5 PM. A country road from area one travels into area two which is a very shady campground that resembles Florida more than Nevada. The country road continues to the third and north area which is a picnic area and ranger station with its own entrance. This is one of my favorite picnic areas in Nevada. It is one of my go-to places to put my phone and mind on airplane mode. If I did not like eating out so much, I would barbecue here. This shaded picnic area with its commanding views overlooking Lake Mead and the soundtrack of birds is so relaxing that I have fallen asleep here. To the east of the picnic area, it is a tolerable distance to the beach. The walk from the picnic area to the beach is where I did the majority of the hiking this past Saturday.
When the temperature is cool, Boulder Beach makes a nice trailhead for hiking along the River Mountains Loop Trail. My previous review on Boulder Beach and on the Alan Bible Visitor Center discusses hiking in the vicinity of Boulder Beach.
To some people Boulder Beach is shoreline in the desert. To me, it is Magaritaville in the desert. It is a place for wasting away stress and negativity when the weather is scorching.
The Daniel.S 2013 Yelp 100 Challenge. Review 93.
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