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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area provides a dramatic example of one of nature's most inspiring settings combined with a hugely Promethean human project. Impounded behind the Glen Canyon Dam, waters of the Colorado River and tributaries are backed up almost 200 miles to form Lake Powell, the recreational focus of the park. But don't overlook the more than 1.2 million acres of desert-and-canyon country that surrounds the lake. While the lake may be humming with motorboats and personal watercraft, the backcountry is mostly deserted and quiet.
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225 South Navajo
Page, AZ 86040 Map Distance: 3.7 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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Cliff Dwellers Lodge
Highway 89A
Marble Canyon, AZ 86036 Map Distance: 19.8 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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Defiance House Lodge at Bullfrog Marina
P.O. Box 4055
Lake Powell, UT 84533 Map Distance: 18.2 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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AttractionsLees Ferry Anglers
(HC-67, Box 2)
Various locations in the park Marble Canyon, Arizona 86036 Distance: 3.4 mi. (from destination center)
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument
In Utah, about 50 miles by boat from either Wahweap or Bullfrog
PO Box 1507 Page , Utah 86040 Distance: 31.7 mi. (from destination center) Description: Over time, a small stream cut through a rock fin to create the world's largest natural bridge, a... Read More
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Antelope Canyon
Just outside of Page
Antelope Canyon Park Office, P.O. Box 4803 Page, Arizona 86040 Distance: 2.6 mi. (from destination center) Description: Antelope Canyon has upper and lower sections on either side of AZ 98 just southeast of Page, but... Read More
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