Lake Mead is located just east of Las Vegas. There are opportunities for dry camping. I visited Lake Mead to investigate two places
where people dry camp. One of the access
points to Lake Mead is Lake Mead Blvd.
This was our entry point. 
The first thing you encounter is the toll booth. Yes it is true, if you want to get near Lake Mead, you have to pay. For five days of access it cost you ten bucks. About nine miles past the toll booth you find the turn off for Boxcar Cove and Crawdad Cove. A couple of miles down a dirt road you get lake side. At boxcar cove you can dry camp for 7 days. At Crawdad Cove you can camp for 15 days.
Crawdad Cove is nicer than Boxcar and attacks more
people. There are no designate camp
sites. You just find a flat spot and set
up camp. When I was there were a couple
of camper and about two dozen day users.
There are no bathrooms.
If you consider the fact that it in the middle of nowhere, both places were relatively clean. The
water was warm and the swimming was great.
It is said that the fishing is very good. Off season, this would be a great
getaway. The questions remains as to
whether I could get my bus down the dirt road.
At the time that I was there I could have. However the road runs through a wash and the
conditions change. So if you are taking
an RV, check the road before to commit to driving in.
The road splits after about a half a mile. Boxcar Cove is to the left and Crawdad Cove is to the right
This is one of the fingers of water that are present at Crawdad Cove.
There were only two campers at the Cove on the day that we where there
