10 Lakeshore Road (Off state highway 93)
Boulder City (In Lake Mead National Recreation Area), NV , 89005-0000

Phone: (702) 293-8990

Website

The Alan Bible Visitor Center, built in 1966, has been brought into the 21st century while preserving its historic elements. It also offers a complete gift store stocked with books about the park and the region, posters, history, T-shirts, hats, postcards, and maps.
The Visitor's center is just inside the entrance to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area before the pay gate.

The 601 Nevada Way Boulder City address is their business office and does not have a Machine or tokens.

Hours of operation: Monday through Sunday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.
You do not have to pay park admission fees to access the Visitor Center.
The gift shop sells the 1" mini-tokens for $1.00 each and the token book that they fit in for $4.99, both include the tax in the price.
Plenty of free parking.

There are two penny machines within a 10 minute drive: One at the Hoover Dam Lodge Hotel & Casino and another within the Lake Mead Recreational area at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor outside the Harbor House Cafe. There is a $25 entrance fee to access the boat harbor one.

There is also a penny machine in the Hoover Dam Mercantile at Hoover Dam about 13 min. away. There is a $10 fee to park at the Hoover Dam parking garage.

Pre-Pressed designs for sale in the gift shop, on right hand wall almost all the way to rear of store. $7.99 each. (That is two expensive pennies!!!) Note: The store is cashless if you decide to purchase anything.
1) (H) Image of Lake Mead and a bird flying overhead on left. Beaded border with 'Lake Mead National Recreation Area'. (similar design to Retired Machine 1 design #4, but distinctly different)
2) (H) Image of a bighorn sheep standing on a rock. Beaded border with 'Lake Mead National Recreation Area'.

1 inch mini-token: designs:
Round:
1) Owl with 'Lake Mead National recreation Area' / Rear: First National Recreation Area EST 1964.
2) Colorado river under Hoover Dam and vehicle bridge above / Rear: 'Mike O'Callaghan, Mike Tillman Memorial; Bridge, Established 2010'.
3) Tortoise with 'Lake Mead National recreation Area' / Rear: First National Recreation Area EST 1964.
Rectangular:
1) Bighorn sheep with 'Lake Mead National Recreation Area' / Rear: Kayaker with 'Lake Mead National Recreation Area Est 1964'.
2) Flowers / Rear: Lake Mead National Recreation Area EST 1964'.
3) Flowers on branches / Rear: Lake Mead National Recreation Area EST 1964'.

Nickle sized mini-token: is thicker but still round. Design:
1) Buffalo with 'Love + Protect Your Parks' / Rear: National Parks Protect Our Nation's Culture, Wildlife, History and Natural Beauty, And We Need to Protect Them.

Retired Machines:

Retired 1: 1) (H) Roadrunner, 2) (H) Prickly pear cactus, 3) (H) Bighorn sheep, 4) (H) Image of Lake Mead with 'America's Most Diverse'.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N36° 0' 36.1722" Longitude: W114° 47' 48.2136"
Google Maps coordinates: 2663+27 Boulder City, Nevada

6/22/2025 Machine 1 is gone. It broke some time in May 2025 and the NPS elected to remove it instead of having it repaired.
They sell two new designs pre-pressed in the gift shop for $8 each, supplied by The Penny Depot (https://thepennydepot.com/). Pictures being sent to Webmaster. BTF