Lake Dolores Waterpark, Water park in Mojave Desert, California.

Lake Dolores Waterpark is an abandoned recreational complex in the Mojave Desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The structures include several empty pools, slides of different heights, and artificial water features now standing idle among the dry hills.

Bob Byers planned the site in the late 1950s and early 1960s on arid land 100 yards from Interstate 15, fed by springs of the Mojave Aquifer. In May 1962 a basic campground opened beside the 273-acre man-made Lake Dolores, named after his wife. Over the next 25 years rides were added and the site became a waterpark, peaking in attendance from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. It closed in the late 1980s, reopened as Rock-A-Hoola on July 4, 1998, and last operated as Discovery Waterpark in 2004.

The site has served as a filming location for several American movies and music videos depicting post-apocalyptic scenes. The abandoned pools and colorful slide towers now stand in contrast to the bare desert surroundings.

The site sits directly beside Interstate 15 roughly halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Access is not officially regulated, but entering is at your own risk due to unstable structures and lack of safety measures.

Skateboarder Rob Dyrdek used the empty pools in 2008 for an episode of his MTV series. The colorful graffiti and artworks that have since been added turn the place into a sort of open-air gallery.