Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)

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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Encompassing over 1.2 million acres, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) 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.

Visitor Centers

Start your discoveries at a Glen Canyon Visitor Center!

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ATTENTION BOATERS! Zebra Mussel certification required to launch

Click here to learn how to certify.

Zebra mussels have recently been discovered in the western United States. Learn what you can do to keep Glen Canyon NRA free of this aquatic nuisance species.

To read the 2007 Zebra Mussel Prevention Report click here.

		Volunteer Programs Here at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, we consider our volunteers to be Very Important People. Whether you want to volunteer with one of our houseboat programs: Trash Tracker and True GRIT, visit with our Artist-in-Park, or you want to experience another volunteer opportunity, this is the place to start. more...

100 Years of Rainbow Bridge National Monument

On May 30, 1910, President Taft declared Rainbow Bridge a National Monument. Glen Canyon NRA is lucky enough to be able to take care of Rainbow Bridge NM. Come visit Rainbow Bridge's website.

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Explore Glen Canyon From Your Home

Interested in social media? Join Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on Facebook, read our blog, enjoy our podcasts and e-hikes. If you can't make it to the park in person, let us bring the park to you.

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Write to

Glen Canyon NRA
PO Box 1507
Page, Arizona 86040

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Phone

Park Headquarters
(928) 608-6200

Climate

Summers are extremely hot, with little, if any, shade. Winters are moderately cold with night time lows often below freezing. Spring weather is highly variable with extended periods of winds. Fall weather is usually mild.
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