Aerial image of Glen Canyon Dam, a concrete arch on the Colorado River. Water levels are at their lowest since the 710-foot-high dam filled to capacity in the early 1980s. Pete McBride The water ...

The Colorado River created the roughly 1,000 ... about two hours to reach Page, where the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is located. Horseshoe Bend is accessible from sunrise to sunset.

The park also contains the Glen Canyon Dam, which was completed in 1963, creating Lake Powell and changing the surrounding environment dramatically. Visitors can kayak the Colorado River which flows ...

Lees Ferry in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is the put-in for epic rafting trips down the Colorado River into the ...