Cottonwood Cove is situated at the banks of Lake Mohave on the Nevada-Arizona border in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It stands just 13.1 miles (21 kilometers) and 23 minutes east of Searchlight, 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) north of Laughlin and an hour away from Las Vegas. It is the site of the . The cove is part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service. The desert lake is approximately 67 miles long and is backed by the Davis Dam on the Colorado River.