Glen Canyon National Rec Area
A Vast Panorama Of Geologic Wonders
The recreation area stretches for hundreds of miles from Lees Ferry in Arizona to the Orange Cliffs of southern Utah, encompassing scenic vistas, geologic wonders, and a vast panorama of human history. This is a great area for RVer’s. Recreation fun is everywhere. You can camp, hike, boat, swim, photograph and just plain relax.
This recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service (USA) that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covers 1,254,429 acres (5,076 km²) of mostly desert. The recreation area borders Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park on the north, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on the west, and Grand Canyon National Park on the south.
Glen Canyon is a mind-bogglingly vast canyon in deep red rock country, which has been filled with North America's largest man-made lake, Lake Powell. Surrounded by nothing but red slick rock, the crystal blue lake is strikingly out of place. The desert surrounding the lake is mostly uninhabited except for grazing long horn steer, jackrabbits, and lizards.
The Glen Canyon NRA was established in 1972 to provide for public use and enjoyment and to preserve the area's scientific, historic, and scenic features. The area has been developed for access to Lake Powell via 5 marinas, 4 camping grounds, two small airports, and houseboat rental concessions. The southwestern end of Glen Canyon NRA in Arizona can be accessed via U.S. Route 89 and State Route 98. State Route 95 and State Route 276 lead to the northeastern end of the recreation area in Utah.
The current Lake Powell lies above Glen Canyon, which was flooded by the Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1966. Wiki
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