Laughlin’s Heritage Greenway Trails System Ready for Construction

Several miles of Laughlin’s northern Colorado River front are being transformed into a recreational paradise. A trails system offering a variety of walks and hikes, practical fishing nodes and a fully appointed day-use park, with Davis Dam as its backdrop, are main features. The project, including three developed trailheads and a signature pedestrian overpass, enhances Laughlin’s unique quality of life and its “soft adventure-appeal” while protecting natural and cultural resources on US Bureau of Reclamation lands in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. 

Laughlin’s nearly $35 million project supports the concept of a larger regional trails system linking to the town’s southern boundaries and even across state lines into Arizona.  

The design and construction of the project is administered through Clark County and is funded primarily from the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (SNPLMA). The project’s prestigious landscape architecture firm is San Antonio Riverwalk-famed Rialto Studio, TX.

The CRHGT project is being created through a long-time partnership between the US Bureau of Reclamation, the National Parks Service and Clark County, NV. Support from the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce and other public and private entities has also been instrumental in the development process.

  This project plans for fee and non-fee based recreation development on USBR land to be administered by Clark County in a cooperative agreement partnership with the federal agencies.

It will provide for responsible, managed development of lands and, at the same time, enhance the users understanding of area history and natural resources. Future commercial and non-commercial uses are anticipated.

Engineering provided by VTN, Nevada.

For design report, click here.

For a printable brochure of the project and its main features, click here.