Northwest Arizona in Mohave County is becoming a very popular area. The town of Dolan Springs is the closest Arizona town to Las Vegas. This is a high desert area with elevations ranging from 3500 ft to 4000 ft. Pierce Ferry Rd (aka County 25) is the main artery through Dolan Springs & Meadview. If you are looking for areas to invest in real estate, you may want to consider these places. With unheard of prices on land and homes many people are buying now. This rural area offers much wide open space, one acre homesite lots, beautiful scenery, majestic mountains, Lake Mead, Grand Canyon West, Clean Fresh Air, Clear Blue Skies, Good Healthy Climate and A place to get away from it all. Dolan Springs is only a half hour drive to Kingman, AZ and an hour to Las Vegas/Henderson area. When the Hoover Dam by pass-bridge is built, it will be less than that making a real easy commute to Las Vegas. The by-pass bridge has been started and is suppose to be complete in 2007.

Lake Mead Scenic Lake Mead is America's largest man-made lake immediately above Hoover Dam. It covers 161,000 acres and 550 miles of shoreline. It borders 3 states Northwest Arizona, The Southeast point of Nevada and Southern Utah. You can access Lake Mead on the Arizona side by taking Pierce Ferry Road off of AZ Highway 93 at Mile Post 42 to the east. Pierce Ferry Road will take you through the town of Dolan Springs. From there you will pass through one of the largest Joshua Tree Forests in the world. The scenery is breath-taking along this road. Pierce Ferry Rd is paved all the way to South Cove Launch & Beach Area.

Lake Mead is a boater's paradise and offers every form of water sport imaginable. It is a place of magnificent scenery and the clearest of water. It is a place you can cruise past towering cliffs, perhaps spot a burro or bighorn sheep, water ski for as many uninterupted miles as your arms can stand. It is a place where you can cruise remote canyons & seek out secluded coves, A great place to camp, picnic, swim, fish and maybe catch one 10' long. It is a great lake to relax on and enjoy without the crowds & pollution. South Cove launch ramp is only 10 miles from downtown Meadview. There are no homes on Lake Mead since it is part of the 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreational Area. So it will stay preserved and natural.

Grand Canyon West Once again to get to the Grand Canyon West, you will take the Pierce Ferry Rd east off of AZ Highway 93 at Mile Post 42. Stay on Pierce Ferry Rd for 29 miles. Near Mile Post 29 you will be turning right on the Diamond Bar Road. The Joshua trees are the thickest, fullest and largest at this point. You look into a green valley below and see all the green tops of these trees. This is a very scenic 21 mile drive. Along the way you can explore one thick, dense Joshua tree forest, cliff formations, cedar trees, springs & wildlife. At the end of the road you will encounter - A part of the Grand Canyon like you have never seen before - It is located on the Hualapai Indian reservation and for a fee is open to public viewing. A unique natural setting with no guard rails to hold you in and No commercialism to spoil the beauty. It is a remote part of the Grand Canyon truly beautiful in a unique and colorful setting.