Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah). It is a major vacation spot that around two million people visit every year. It is the second largest man-made reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,069acre.ft of water when full. However, due to high water withdrawals for human and agricultural consumption, and because of subsequent droughts in the area, Lake Powell is currently larger than Lake Mead in terms of volume of water currently held, depth and surface area.Using our custom trip planner, Page attractions like Lake Powell can form part of a personalized travel itinerary.
Lake Powell was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the Glen Canyon Dam, which also led to the creation of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a popular summer destination. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869.
In 1972, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was established. It is public land managed by the National Park Service, and available to the public for recreational purposes. It lies in parts of Garfield, Kane, and San Juan counties in southern Utah, and Coconino County in northern Arizona. The northern limits of the lake extend at least as far as the Hite Crossing Bridge. A map centered at the confluence of the Escalante River with the Colorado River gives a good view of the extent of the lake.
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While the water level is low it was still worth going to. We saw the damn and that was very pretty as well.
While the water level is low it was still worth going to. We saw the damn and that was very pretty as well. more »
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All we did was see the lake from the Rimview Trail and the Chains. It was odd to see water in such a dry place. However, the lake level is way low. I wish we had had more time to spend time on the.... more
All we did was see the lake from the Rimview Trail and the Chains. It was odd to see water in such a dry place. However, the lake level is way low. I wish we had had more time to spend time on the.... more »
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Great Lake to paddle. Sad that the water levels are going down.
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What we could see if it was gorgeous but it looked LOWER than normal.
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