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Boulder City, Nevada

Everything Boulder City is known for

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Music in Boulder City

Songs About Boulder City

100%
"Down by Boulder Dam that day"
Ten Degrees (And Getting Colder)
J.D. Crowe & The New South
96%
"Down by Boulder Dam that day"
10 Degrees & Getting Colder
Gordon Lightfoot
92%
"Down by Boulder Dam that day"
Clovis, New Mexico
Hank Williams, Jr.
55%
"Well, me and Billy, we left Boulder City"
High Scalers
Dustin Kensrue
54%
"Been here since Boulder City was just Ragtown"
Pork Chop Sammich
JaYy Wick
7%
"This bitch get wet as the Hoover Dam"
Up Up and Away
Lil Wayne
5%
"I don't give a Hoover damn"

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Boulder City

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Boulder City.

History of Boulder City

Hoover Dam: Taming the Colorado

1931

Built during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam was one of the largest public works projects in American history, taming the Colorado River and enabling the growth of Las Vegas and the modern Southwest.

15.4 mi away

Hoover Dam

1931

A 726-foot concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, built during the Great Depression and one of the greatest engineering achievements of the twentieth century.

15.4 mi away

The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

2005

The 1,900-foot arch bridge, completed in 2010, soars 890 feet above the Colorado River.

15.1 mi away

Things to Do in Boulder City

Everything Near Boulder City

10 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Boulder Dam Hotel · 10.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine staying in the same hotel that hosted royalty and movie stars, all drawn here by the sheer spectacle of the Hoover Dam. This is the Boulder Dam Hotel. Built in the Colonial Revival style, the hotel opened in…

  • Boulder City Historic District · 10.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Welcome to Boulder City, a town born from the dust and ambition of a nation. This isn't just another Nevada town; it was meticulously planned and built to house the thousands of workers who constructed the monumental…

  • Black Canyon of the Colorado · 11.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Hoover Dam was built in this canyon, a testament to engineering and human ingenuity. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, thousands of workers descended upon the Black Canyon to build what was then called Boulder…

  • Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area · 13.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine ancient artists, generations before us, etching their stories onto these very rocks! That's what makes Sloan Canyon so special. For centuries, perhaps as far back as 1846, Native American cultures, including the…

  • Henderson, NV · 13.6 mi · Local history

    Henderson, Nevada, has always balanced its desert roots with the demands of a growing city. The Vegas Golden Knights' Stanley Cup victory in 2023, while technically celebrated in nearby Paradise, reverberated strongly…

  • The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge · 15.1 mi · Historical Marker

    The 1,900-foot arch bridge, completed in 2010, soars 890 feet above the Colorado River.

  • Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge · 15.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    This bridge isn't just concrete and steel; it's a tribute to two very different kinds of American heroes. It's officially called the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. Back in the 1960s, officials realized…

  • Hoover Dam: Taming the Colorado · 15.4 mi · Historical

    Built during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam was one of the largest public works projects in American history, taming the Colorado River and enabling the growth of Las Vegas and the modern Southwest.

  • Hoover Dam · 15.4 mi · Things to Do

    A Depression-era engineering marvel holding back the Colorado River. 726 feet of concrete.

  • Hoover Dam · 15.4 mi · Historical Marker

    A 726-foot concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, built during the Great Depression and one of the greatest engineering achievements of the twentieth century.

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