The red-rock wonderland around Page, Arizona — where the Colorado River carved Horseshoe Bend, slot canyons glow with reflected light, and Glen Canyon Dam holds back a 186-mile-long inland sea. Every stop on this drive looks like it was painted by a geologist with a flair for the dramatic.

Arrêts de ce circuit (8)

1. 1
   Page Visitor Center (Hub Road) Starting point in the small town that exists because of the dam — built from scratch in 1957 to house construction workers
2. 2
   Glen Canyon Dam Overlook 710-foot concrete arch dam holding back Lake Powell — the second-largest reservoir in North America when full
3. 3
   The Chains (Glen Canyon NRA) Chain-assisted scramble down sandstone to the Colorado River shoreline below the dam — the river runs emerald green here
4. 4
   Hanging Garden Trail A desert spring seeping through Navajo sandstone creates a lush hanging garden of maidenhair fern and columbine
5. 5
   Horseshoe Bend Viewpoint The Colorado River's iconic 270-degree meander, 1,000 feet below an unguarded cliff edge — the most photographed bend in America
6. 6
   Upper Antelope Canyon Entrance Navajo-guided slot canyon where shafts of light pierce narrow sandstone walls sculpted by flash floods over millennia
7. 7
   Wahweap Overlook Panoramic viewpoint above Lake Powell's southern reaches — Wahweap Bay, Castle Rock, and the Kaiparowits Plateau
8. 8
   Wahweap Marina Lake Powell's largest marina and the gateway to Rainbow Bridge, Antelope Island, and 96 major side canyons

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