Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery

Rank in Arizona: #627of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 24.5 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Landmark

The Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, on the Arizona side of the Colorado River in Mohave County, twelve miles south of Hoover Dam and about 45 miles south-east of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Where it is

Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery is a landmark near Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in Mohave County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Official site: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/fisheries/willow_beach/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

More photographs

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