LAKE POWELL
Artificial lake with several marinas, campgrounds and airfields, which can ...Read more
WAHWEAP OVERLOOK
Read moreThis free access lookout is located at the end of a 3 km track (Lone Rock Road), whose branch line is located on Highway 89 between Page and Kanab. It offers a panoramic view of Lake Powell and especially Lone rock. A not to be missed.
LAKE POWELL BOAT TOURS
Agency that offers a range of guided tours on Lake Powell.Read more
GLEN CANYON DAM
Dam built between 1956 and 1966 that is 215 m high and almost 500 m long in ...Read more
DEFIANCE HOUSE
Anasazi archaeological site, discovered in 1959 and occupied between 1250 ...Read more
ORANGE CLIFFS OVERLOOK
Cliffs located at the north end of Glen canyon National Recreation area to ...Read more
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Read moreIt is during the expedition of 1869 on the Colorado river, that Major John Wesley Powell gave the region that crossed the name of Glen Canyon (a glen is a glacial valley). Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) was created in 1972 by the US Congress. Its 5 076 sq mi stretch on the two States of Utah (more than three town) and from Arizona, at an average altitude of 1 127 metres away. It is surrounded by Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park in the north, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the west, Grand Canyon National Park and Vermillion Cliffs National Monument Southwest; and by the Navajo Indian Reservation Southwest (including Antelope Canyon). Rainbow Bridge National Monument is on the east coast lake Powell and can only be reached by boat or on foot. The centrepiece of Glen Canyon NRA, lake Powell only represents 13% of them. It is however the second - largest artificial lake in North America in 1963 Created thanks to the construction of Glen Canyon Dam (dam), it was totally satisfied only in 1980. It is 299 km long, with 3161 mi of beach, more than 90 side canyons, and a capacity of 32 million cubic meters. Its maximum depth is reached with the Glen Canyon dam at 171 m. to know that the drought known by the region since the end of 2000 cause a drop in the water of more than 30 metres away.
There are six marinas on Lake Powell, several camping grounds and airfields. Navigation is one of the main activities.
RAINBOW BRIDGE NATIONAL MONUMENT
Natural monument sacred to the Navajo people, visited by more than 85,000 ...Read more
LONE ROCK
Read moreThis imposing solitary rock and square are setup in Wahweap Bay, west of Wahweap Marina. You can however see it from there. To admire it from the mainland, to Wahweap Lookout, on Highway 89 to 12.4 km northwest of Page, or go to Lone Rock Beach (4x4 necessary).
CARL HAYDEN VISITOR CENTER
Read moreThis visitor center offers many services such as video projections, exhibits, and relief maps of the entire Glen Canyon area. There are also restrooms and a bookstore and gift store. In the center of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, you can also stop at the Bullfrog Visitor Center. It has restrooms, a gift store and a medical clinic. This second visitor center is only open on Fridays and Saturdays (summer).