Pearce Ferry (sometimes misspelled Pierce Ferry) marks the boundary between

Lake Mead Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. L ...

and the Grand Canyon, where the low sandy banks around the lake give way to imposing, colorfully layered cliffs that enclose the

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. s ...

for the next 277 miles upstream.

, and all of its points of interest, is managed by the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...

and available to the public for recreational purposes. A ferry was operated here by the Pearce family starting around 1876. Arizona, Mormon Settlement to 1921

Location

The ferry is located at the end of the 52 mile Dolan Spring road, starting from US Route 93 half way between the Hoover Dam and Kingman. This road is also the access to

Meadview, Arizona Meadview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, located near Lake Mead. As of the 2020 census, Meadview had 1,420 residents, up from 1,224 as of 2010. It was founded in the 1960 ...

Fish species

Largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, bu ...

* Striped bass * Crappie * Sunfish * Channel catfish * Carp

References

External links

Pearce Ferry information

Arizona Boating Locations Facilities Map

Arizona Fishing Locations Map
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