Lake Powell Travel Information
For hundreds of thousands of years the Colorado River roared through
Glen Canyon
carving a tremendous canyon through the sandstone. In 1963 the Glen
Canyon dam
was completed and impounded the Colorado, turning the wild beauty of
Glen Canyon
into popular Lake Powell -- a vast body of deep blue water contained
within
orange-red cliff walls.
Lake Powell offers excellent opportunities for houseboat
vacations, fishing, and in summer when water temperatures climb
to a comfortable
70-80 degrees, swimming and water skiing. Lake Powell has a myriad
of side canyons
that narrow to just a boat width as they twist away from the main
channel and
make for fascinating exploration. Many visitors are content to just
cruise its
waters by houseboat and spend nights on its beaches under the stars.
Hiking
from the lake into the very rugged environs of Glen Canyon
Recreation Area is
an option for the adventurous.
The lake covers a large area in south central Utah. Its 1,960 miles
of shoreline
(more than the United States' entire west coast) stretch 180 miles
northeast
from the Utah/Arizona border. Three highways provide access at four
different
points. At each access point is a marina.
View
Area Map. To learn more about Lake Powell, select a topic of
interest from the list
to the left.
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