Temple Bar is located in northwest Arizona, on Lake Mead which is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States, and in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Lake Mead was created by the completion of Hoover Dam in 1935. Lake Mead National Recreation Area includes these waters as well as 1.5 million acres surrounding them.

The recreation area provides a wide variety of unique outdoor recreation opportunities ranging from warm-water recreation to exploration of rugged and isolated back country. Visitors to Lake Mead NRA will find spectacular scenic vistas from park roads, the lake surface, and non-structured walks.

Striking backdrops for all recreational activities include deep canyons, dry washes, sheer cliffs, distant mountain ranges, the lakes, colorful soils and rock formations and mosaics of different vegetation. Temple Bar provides almost year 'round perfect weather for enjoying outdoor activities from hiking to boating to wildlife viewing. Gorgeous desert sunrise and sunsets are the norm.

The waters of Lake Mead are clear, and provide ideal conditions for watersports like waterskiing, tubing and touring via personal watercraft, boating, kayaking, and fishing. Temple Bar is a skier's dream, with unobstructed runs of 20 miles in either direction. Houseboat vacations are popular and you can enjoy hundreds of miles of beautiful shoreline set within the red rocks of America's Southwest.

World class fishing awaits you on Lake Mead is the western home of the Striped Bass, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Crappie and Channel Catfish. Fishing for stripers and largemouth bass is good throughout Lake Mead with crappie, blue gill, green sunfish, and catfish being more prevalent in the upper Overton Arm of the lake. The desert climate offers fishing throughout the year with winter Crappie fishing excellent during the winter months.

Temple Bar has all the amenities you'd expect. There are comfortable, spacious, rooms that feature satellite TV. There are cabins, RV sites with full hook-ups, campgrounds, coin laundry, public restrooms with showers, a restaurant overlooking the lake and marina, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, lounge, marina, airport, houseboat rentals, ski boat rentals, fishing boat rentals, fuel and repairs. Boat slip rentals are available as is dry storage and launch areas.

The Temple Bar Campground is the National Park Service campground on the southeastern shore of Lake Mead. The resort next door offers a store, marina facilities and an RV park with full hook-ups among other amenities. All Lake Mead National Park Service campgrounds offer restrooms, running water, dump stations, grills, picnic tables and shade. RV's, trailers and tents welcome. This campground has well-developed facilities for the camper, boater, hiker, and angler.

Temple Bar Airport (FAA LID: U30) is a public use airport in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the Temple Bar Marina, located on Lake Mead's Temple Basin. The airport is owned by the National Park Service. Temple Bar Airport covers an area of 75 acres at an elevation of 1,549 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,500 by 50 feet