Paddling near North Las Vegas, NV

Sitting in Clark County at the edge of the Mojave, North Las Vegas puts paddlers within reach of 550 miles of desert shoreline. Lake Mead National Recreation Area, roughly 25 miles east, anchors the local scene with its 150,000-acre reservoir and the Black Canyon National Water Trail below Hoover Dam — the first national water trail through a desert. Lake Mohave and Lake Las Vegas round out the options.