Callville Wash South

Callville Wash South is located east of Las Vegas in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LMNRA). Named after Mormon settler Anson Call, who established Callville in 1864, the Callville Wash provides a natural route for seasonal water to flow from Muddy Peak and the Muddy Mountains Wilderness down to Callville Bay on Lake Mead. Though the trail only travels around 500 feet of elevation, the shift from the summit of Muddy Peak to the approximate banks of Lake Mead is an impressive 4,000-foot elevation difference.

Sent by Brigham Young, Anson Call established Callville as an outpost for the Mormon settlement in December 1864. Callville was used as a military fort/garrison, but just five years later, the garrison was shut down due to the end of the war and lack of conflict with native peoples. The completion of transcontinental railroads made Callville obsolete, and it was abandoned. Structures could still be seen in the 1930s until the Colorado River was dammed to allow the filling of Lake Mead. Today, Callville Bay Resort and Marina are closely located to the original historic site.