Rock Island

Rock Island is a locality in Clark County, Southern Nevada, Nevada. Rock Island is situated nearby to the locality Middle Boulder Island, as well as near Big Boulder Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hoover Dam and Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

Hoover Dam

Dam

Photo: Ansel Adams, Public domain.

The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch–gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the boundary between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Hoover Dam is situated 2 miles southeast of Rock Island.

Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Colorado River between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. The bridge is located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area approximately 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and carries Interstate 11 and U.S. Route 93 over the Colorado River. Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Rock Island.

Hoover Dam Visitor Center

Tourism office

Photo: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hoover Dam Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Rock Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boulder City.

Boulder City

Photo: Matt Kieffer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boulder City is a city of 15,000 people in Southern Nevada, which was built for construction workers of the nearby Hoover Dam. It is one of only two cities in Nevada where gambling is prohibited.

Rock Island

Type: Locality
Description: island in Clark County, Nevada, United States of America
Categories: island and scree
Location: Clark County, Southern Nevada, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.03463° or 36° 2′ 5″ north

Longitude

-114.76037° or 114° 45′ 37″ west

Open location code

858726MQ+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 675054269

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scree

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hill

Wikidata ID

Q49674991

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Rock Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rock Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Nevada)”
Cebuano: “Rock Island”

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Highlights include Little Boulder Island and Lake Mead Marina.

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