LAS VEGAS (KLAS ... The history of the recreation area is significant, according to the National Park Service. What is now hard sandstone was once loose sand dunes 140 million years ago.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - “Why would you even do something like this, like why on Earth would you do this?,” questioned John Haynes, Public Information Officer Lake Mead National Recreation ...

The petrified red dunes found there make it one of ... the Lake Mead National Recreation Area just outside of Las Vegas draws around 6 million visitors every year. Officials said staffing levels ...

According to a Las Vegas Sun article, Lake Mead and the surrounding park was originally Boulder Dam National Recreation Area, but became Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Aug. 11, 1947.

Park rangers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area just outside Las Vegas are asking for the ... pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail was reportedly recorded on April 7.

a 1.1-mile round-trip hike in the national recreation area that’s about 40 miles east of Las Vegas. The route is lined with red-hued sandstone formations that were sand dunes 40 million years ago.