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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers unparalleled opportunities for water-based and 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 panorama of human history. Additionally, the controversy surrounding the construction of Glen Canyon Dam and the creation of Lake Powell contributed to the birth of the modern day environmental movement. The park offers opportunities for boating, fishing, swimming, backcountry hiking and four-wheel drive trips.
Other recreational opportunities include boat camping, water-based recreation, summer ranger programs, half and full-day tours to Rainbow Bridge, backpacking in the Escalante or Orange Cliffs, and exploring the Lake Powell's numerous side canyons by boat.

Facilities: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area provides several developed and primitive campgrounds. Restrooms are provided at the visitor centers.

Reservations: Reservations are not needed or accepted for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Best Time To Visit: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is open year-round.

Carl Hayden Visitor Center in Page, AZ, is open daily, Memorial Day - Labor Day, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the rest of year, daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.
Bullfrog Visitor Center in Bullfrog, UT, is open intermittently in March, daily April - October, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed November - February.
Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center near Lees Ferry, is open daily mid-April - October, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekends only, early April and November, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fees: An entrance fee is charged. Additional fees are charged for boating, camping, and recreation river use.

Accessibility: All visitor centers are handicapped accessible.

Rules: Fishing in the waters of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in any manner other than hook and line (bow and arrow, crossbow, snare, gig, spear, spear gun, net, etc.) is prohibited. Chumming is allowed only for striped bass and only with dead anchovies.

Directions: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area stretches for hundreds of miles from Lees Ferry in Arizona to the Orange Cliffs of southern Utah.

Lees Ferry and the Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center are located on Arizona Highway 89A. Carl Hayden Visitor Center in Page, AZ is on Highway 89. The Bullfrog Visitor Center is located on Utah Highway 276. Halls Crossing is also reached by Highway 276. Hite is located just off Utah Highway 95.
The primary form of transportation within the park is by boat. Except for Lakeshore Drive in Wahweap, there is virtually no hard-surfaced road which offers access to or view of the lake outside the developed marinas. In-park shuttle services are available at Wahweap, Bullfrog, Halls Crossing, and Hite.

Address
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 1507
Page, Arizona 86040
Phone
General: (928) 608-6200
Fax: (928) 608-6283
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