Katherine Landing is a recreational area located on the Arizona side of the Colorado River and Lake Mohave just north of Bullhead City in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It is about two miles (3.2 km) upstream from Davis Dam and accessed from Arizona Highway 68. The National Park Service, which administers Katherine Landing, reports more than 1.2 million visitors each year. The area was named after a gold mine popularly known as Katherine Mine that operated in the vicinity in the late 1800s.