Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Glen Canyon is an 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 and looks like it belongs on Mars. Lake Powell would be totally deserted were it not for its popularity with house-boat owners, who sail around this dead and beautiful expanse. The desert surrounding the lake is mostly uninhabited except for grazing long horn steer, jackrabbits, and lizards.

Get in

Getting into Lake Powell pretty much requires a boat launched from a local marina, as the lake is surrounded by steep sandstone cliffs—that is, unless you are very ambitious.

Recreation

Lake Powell has nearly 2,000 miles of fish-holding shoreline and provides a great opportunity to fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and striped bass that swim in the midst of a scenic wonderland.

Lake Powell National Golf Course Championship is an 18-hole course sitting on a high mesa overlooking the impressive Glen Canyon Dam, beautiful Lake Powell, and Vermillion Cliffs.

Several local marinas make available for tourists houseboats, powerboats, jetskis, kayaks, fishing gear and related equipment.

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