Restaurant · Lake Mead National Recreation Area
A floating restaurant and bar with views over the harbor and lake.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Lake Mead Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Lake Mead National Recreation Area. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Hemenway Harbor: Floating Cafés and a Dock Walk“The marinas at Hemenway Harbor are coming up, and you can visit without renting a boat. At Las Vegas Boat Harbor, stroll the floating docks and look for fish below the walkways and ducks around the slips.”
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The Boat House is a floating restaurant and bar at Lake Mead Marina in Hemenway Harbor. Its dining room and patio look across marina slips toward Lake Mead and the surrounding desert mountains. It makes the most sense as a relaxed meal break during a day by the water, with the setting doing as much work as the food.
The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks. Its operator describes a menu ranging from salads, appetizers and wraps to steak dinners. Hours vary, so check with the marina desk or host stand if you’re planning around a particular meal. Food and service can be uneven, so leave some slack if you’re on a schedule.
The Boat House is at Lake Mead Marina, 490 Horsepower Cove Road in Boulder City. A Lake Mead entrance pass is required to enter the recreation area, so check current pass details before driving there. Parking and accessible flush restrooms are available in the marina complex; access details for the floating restaurant itself are not clear.
Lake Mead Marina is the oldest marina on Lake Mead and has just under 1,500 slips, dry storage, two stores, fuel, rentals and repair facilities. The Gripentog family purchased the marina, store and restaurant in 2008. That working-harbor setting is part of what you look out on while you eat.
Wildlife
525 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
116 sightingsBurroMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
18 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 4 PMSighting map
99 sightingsWhite PelicanMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
145 sightingsGreat Blue HeronMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
106 sightingsTurkey VultureMost seen around noonSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Lake Mead. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyHistoric Railroad Trail7.5 mi · 3 hr · 1.8 mi awayFive dark tunnels on a railbed high above Lake Mead.
ChallengingRiver Mountains Loop Trail34.4 mi · 13 hr · 2 mi awayA paved circuit linking Lake Mead, Boulder City and Henderson.
ModerateSugarloaf Overlook Trail3.1 mi · 2.5 hr · 3 mi awayOld dam roads, sandy washes, and a Colorado River overlook.
ModerateBoy Scout Canyon Trail3.6 mi · 3.5 hr · 3.8 mi awayA sandy volcanic wash ends above a 330-foot plunge.
ChallengingColorado River Overlook Trail3.6 mi · 3.8 hr · 3.8 mi awayA river overlook reached by a rough wash, loose ridge, and scramble.
EasySpooky Canyon Trail1 mi · 1.3 hr · 4.5 mi awayA dark slot winds beneath a sculpted stone portal.
Sight · 0.2 mi awayLake Mead MarinaBoat slips, dockside dining, and desert views in one lakeside stop.
Sight · 0.3 mi awayLas Vegas Boat HarborWalk the floating docks to see boats, fish, and waterfowl.
Restaurant · 0.3 mi awayHarbor House CaféDine above the slips with lake and desert ridges in view.
Sight · 0.8 mi awayLakeview Scenic OverlookA quick lake-and-desert panorama on the way to Hoover Dam.
Beach · 1 mi awayPersonal Watercraft BeachA rocky launch beach for personal watercraft.
Beach · 1.4 mi awayCanoe/Kayak BeachA water’s-edge launch for Boulder Basin paddling.
Sight · 1.6 mi awayMike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial BridgeA dam view from a walkway perched high above the Colorado River.
Beach · 1.7 mi awaySpecial Events BeachA rocky Boulder Basin beach reached by dirt road.Parkwolf’s Lake Mead ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
