Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · AZ, UT

Encompassing over 1.25 million acres, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers unparalleled opportunities for water-based & backcountry recreation. 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.

What you’ll hear

59 places to explore in this park.

  • American Placer Corporation Office
  • Antelope Point Entrance Station
  • Antelope Point Public Launch Ramp
  • Balanced Rock at Lees Ferry
  • Beehives Trailhead
  • Bullfrog Entrance Station
  • Bullfrog Main Launch Ramp
  • Bullfrog North Launch Ramp
  • Cathedral Wash at Lees Ferry
  • Dam Overlook Trailhead
  • Defiance House Archeological Site
  • Founding Family
  • Halls Crossing Entrance Station
  • Halls Crossing Launch Ramp
  • Hanging Garden Trailhead
  • Historic District River Trail
  • Hobie Cat Beach
  • Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River
  • Irrigation
  • Lee's Backbone
  • Lees Ferry Boat Launch
  • Lees Ferry Entrance Station
  • Lees Ferry Fort
  • Lonely Dell Ranch Historic Site
  • Lonely Dell Root Cellar
  • Lone Rock Beach Entrance Station
  • “Louse House” and Johnson Cabin
  • Mining the Chinle Shale
  • Muley Point
  • Navajo Bridge
  • North Wash Takeout
  • Paria Riffle and the Colorado River
  • Pedestal Alley Trailhead
  • Pioneer Cemetery
  • Polygamist Cabin
  • Red Wash Trailhead
  • Samantha's Cabin
  • Spencer Boiler
  • Spencer Steamboat
  • Spencer Trail
  • Stateline Auxiliary Launch Ramp
  • Stud Horse Trailhead
  • The Big Relief Map
  • The Chains
  • The Edge of Wilderness
  • The Family Home
  • The Orchard
  • Upper Ferry Site
  • USGS Guesthouse & Spencer Bunkhouse
  • Wahweap Main Launch Ramp
  • Wahweap North Entrance Station
  • Wahweap Overlook
  • Wahweap South Entrance Station
  • Wahweap Stateline Launch Ramp
  • Wahweap Swim Beach
  • Water Intake
  • Weaver House
  • Wiregrass Canyon Trailhead
  • Working Hands

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