Attractions in Boulder City

Looking for things to do in Boulder City? Below is a list of over 40 attractions in Boulder City for you and your family to enjoy. View the attractions listed below, and click on the photo above it or the link below it to get more information about that attraction.

5 Star Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours

5 Star Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours provides luxurious Grand Canyon helicopter tours and flights at affordable prices. All our Las Vegas & Grand Canyon helicopter tours include Las Vegas Resort hotel pickup and drop-off service operated by our our luxury fleet of Mercedes Benz vehicles.

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Alan Bible Visitor Center, Lake Mead NRA

During operating hours, visitors can now enjoy a new feature at the visitor center. Every 30 minutes, "Life in the Desert," a 20-minute high-definition movie about Lake Mead National Recreation Area is shown in the auditorium that is equipped with a new audio visual system.

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All Mountain Cyclery: Bike Rentals And Outdoor Tours

Start your day off with a bike ride on one of the most historic trails in Southern Nevada. This new trail is part of the original historical railroad that hauled materials and people to the Hoover Dam. Along your ride you will experience the Mojave Desert in its natural setting while gradually descending on the trail over open desert and through Wild West style settings.

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Art Walking Tour

This audio walking tour takes you to 11 sites within Boulder City's historic district.  The tour is about one mile long. Each site has a marker to identify the site and to provide instructions on how to access the audio. Each audio is about three to five minutes long.

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Black Canyon/Willow Beach River Adventures

The Black Canyon Raft Tour departs from the Lake Mead RV Village in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. From here board a raft for a trip downstream, through spectacular and historic Black Canyon with a beach stop for lunch before arriving at Willow Beach Marina - on the northern reaches of Lake Mohave.

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Boulder Bowl

Boulder Bowl is an 8 lane bowling center with a small snack bar and service bar.  We provide special pricing for parties and small groups. Our 8 lane bowling center originally opened in 1947, and features new AMF SPL synthetic lanes.

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Boulder City Art Guild & Gallery

The Boulder City Art Guild is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote fine art in Southern Nevada. Every year, Boulder City Art Guild hosts two art festivals, one in spring and one in winter. The art festivals date to 1986 when the first one was held as a way for local artists to display their art.

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Boulder City Golf Course

A traditional layout, the Boulder City Golf Course features tree-lined fairways, and large receptive greens with water features on 7 holes. This par 72 golf course measures 6,600 yards from the back trees and has a slope of 117 for men and 123 for women.

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Boulder City Hoover Dam Museum

The Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum tells the story of the men and women who braved the desolation of the southern Nevada desert to build Hoover Dam and settle Boulder City. 

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Boulder City Public Art Scape

Creativity lives at the core of Boulder City, and in 2006, to show it off, Boulder City Public Art Scape brought art to the streets of down town. This exhibit displays more than 30 eclectic sculptures throughout the area. These incredible art pieces are the perfect excuse to take a stroll through Boulder City.

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Boulder City Rifle And Pistol Range

The Boulder Rifle and Pistol Club member range features 9 shooting bays and a silhouette range with targets from 200 to 500 meters, and 100 to 960 yards, that are open 7 days a week to members and their guests, events permitting.

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Boulder City River Riders

We offer kayak and canoe rentals on Black Canyon and Lake Mead.

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Boulder History Tour

The tour has 11 sites spread over a one-mile loop through Boulder City's historic district. The tour starts and ends in the historic Boulder Dam Hotel, located at 1305 Arizona Street.

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Boulder Creek Golf Club

Whether you are a local resident, visitor to the area, resort guest, local tournament coordinator, junior golfer, or major event coordinator we would be honored to share our world class golf facility with you and your group.

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Cascata Golf Club

Cascata offers a regal golf experience, set in the scenic foothills of the River Mountain Range, approximately 30 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. Soaring 3,200 feet above Las Vegas’s desert valley, the par-72 Rees Jones designed golf course and 37,000 sq ft Tuscan themed clubhouse occupy 400 acres on an 800-acre site in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Desert Adventures

Try this amazing kayaking experience in Black Canyon. The lower Colorado River is moving flatwater with no rapids - just beautiful green waters. It is perfect for beginners and seasoned paddlers alike.

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Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours Of The Techatticup Mine

Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours is based in Eldorado Canyon at the historical Techatticup Mine. It's the oldest, richest and most famous gold mine in Southern Nevada. Located just 45 minutes from the Strip in Las Vegas. We provide historic mine tours, photo shoots, movie backdrops and canoe and kayak rentals.

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Flightlinez Bootleg Canyon

It’s time to Zipline over the Mojave Desert. All participants will complete four different ziplines. Between the four runs guests will cover over 8,000 feet (1.5 miles) as you travel at speeds up to 60+ mph down the Red Mountains in Boulder City. The whole experience will last around 3 hours. There is some moderate hiking in the beginning to get to the first zipline.

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Gunship Helicopters

Experience an open-door low flight-helicopter tour over our 71-acre private shooting range through the Mojave Desert. Choose a belt-fed M249S SAW  or an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle.

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Historic Railroad Hiking Trail

The Historic Railroad Trail is an easy hike along a former railroad grade. It provides panoramic views of Lake Mead, overlooking the Boulder Basin area. As hikers travel through five large tunnels, they will experience a portion of the railroad route that ran from Boulder City to Hoover Dam from 1931 to 1961.

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Hoover Dam

The Dam is a National Historic Landmark and has been rated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of America's Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders.

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Hoover Dam Museum

The Hoover Dam Museum tells the story of the men and women who braved the desolation of the southern Nevada desert to build Hoover Dam and settle Boulder City. 

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Lake Mead Cruises

Built especially to cruise the clean, blue waters of picturesque Lake Mead and tour the Hoover Dam, the authentic, three-level, Mississippi-style paddlewheeler offers an unrivaled sightseeing experience. Whether you choose a brunch tour, mid-day tour or evening dinner tour, you’ll enjoy the wind in your hair, the sun on your face, or the absolute comfort of the climate-controlled enclosed decks—surrounded by breathtaking scenery.

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Boat, hike, cycle, camp and fish at America’s most diverse national recreation area. With striking landscapes and brilliant blue waters, this year-round playground spreads across 1.5 million acres of mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes. See the Hoover Dam from the waters of Lake Mead or Lake Mohave, or find solitude in one of the park's nine wilderness areas.

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Lake Mead Resort Marina

Lake Mead Marina is the oldest marina on Lake Mead.  In 2008, the Gripentog Family purchased the marina, store, and restaurant creating the largest inland marina facilities in the world.  We have just under 1500 slips plus dry storage spaces, two marina stores, two restaurants, marine service and repair facilities, fuel, rentals, and storage.

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Las Vegas Boat Harbor

See the sites and explore Lake Mead at your own speed! Enjoy a day on our great lake and rent a boat from Las Vegas Boat Harbor. Go for a picnic, take a cruise, try wakeboarding or water skiing, have fun on a tube, or go hit the water on a Yamaha Waverunner.

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Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

The 1,900-foot-long bridge spans the beautiful Colorado River and provides stunning views of Hoover Dam.

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Nature Discovery Trail and Rock Garden

A paved, winding trail takes you past larger than life animal statues that include a scorpion, roadrunner, horned lizard, Mojave rattlesnake, Gila monster, giant jackrabbit and tortoise, all with stunning views of Eldorado Valley.

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Nevada Southern Railway Museum

Ride the rails and experience history dating back to the 1930's - the time this Boulder Branch Line was constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad to service the Boulder Dam project. Ride in your choice of our open air cars or air conditioned and heated Pullman coaches.

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Papillon Airways Helicopters Tours

The Grand Celebration is the crown jewel of our vast selection of helicopter tours. It is easily the most popular and regularly sells out several weeks in advance. This magnificent helicopter ride provides stunning aerial views of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Grand Canyon West.

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Pro Gun Club

Pro Gun Club sits on over 160 acres of land and provides a one of kind experience for avid shooters and beginners alike. Our sporting world class clays course stretches over a mile long through beautiful desert terrain.

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Rail Explorers

Rail Explorers features pedal-powered rail bikes and offers a scenic ride on the rails that helped build Hoover Dam. The tours are available January through April and take approximately two hours.

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River Mountains Loop Trail

The River Mountains Loop Trail is approximately 34 miles in length and surrounds the River Mountains connecting Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Hoover Dam, Henderson, Boulder City and the rest of the Las Vegas Valley, expanding recreational and alternative transportation opportunities for the region’s growing population.

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Serenity Helicopters

Experience a beautiful Grand Canyon sunset like a VIP on this luxury helicopter tour. From Las Vegas, enjoy luxury transportation to our chic facility located at the Boulder City Airport.

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Skydive Las Vegas

At Skydive Las Vegas, you'll free fall at 120 + MPH and enjoy incredible views of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Colorado River, the Las Vegas Strip, Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon and Mt. Charleston.

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Tom Devlin's Monster Museum

This gallery of Tom's art includes everything from screen used props and creature suits to custom pieces representing monsters throughout movie history.

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Vegas Glass Kayaks

The full-day Black Canyon Tour offers an unparalleled experience paddling from the Hoover Dam down river to Willow Beach. With epic stops along the way at majestic canyons, natural hot springs, and the Emerald cave. It's our most intensive tour!

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Vegas Trike Flights

Check out our powered Hang Gliders, the ultimate flying machine. Introductory flights over Hoover Dam, or learn to fly yourself in just a few hours.

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VORE Vegas Off Road Experience

Experience the ultimate in off road racing, tours and drifting packages in Las Vegas. Great for corporate team building and adventurous drivers.

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