The National Park Service is reopening a popular road closed by flooding and some hiking trails closed by summer heat at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

The road leading down to Lake Mohave through Eldorado Canyon has been closed since Aug. 4, but the National Park Service is struggling to keep visitors off the flood-damaged route south of Boulder ...

Sierra Vista is a birder's paradise with hiking trails, a folklore preserve and gourmet burgers. Lake Mohave has kayaking, camping and fishing, plus lodging and dining.

But that can be a bonus for solitude-seekers, as Lake Mohave's shores are largely wild and untouched. For the intrepid, a number of long, bumpy dirt roads lead to ravishing spots where boondockers ...