Spending time on Lake Powell near Tower Butte can make anyone excited.
Encompassing over 1.25 million acres, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 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.
For many years Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Glen Canyon) managers have worked to eliminate the practice of pin anchoring houseboats at Lake Powell. Park rangers at Lake Powell patrol the recreation area by land, water and air to assess visitation, safety and compliance with regulations.
Public review and comment on an Environmental Assessment to analyze a proposal to pursue options to prevent reproduction of smallmouth bass and other warm water non-native fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Public comments will be accepted through Oct. 14, 2024.
NPS Fossil Festival being held on October 9, 2024, at Carl Hayden Visitor Center next to Glen canyon Dam 10am-2pm. Guided Hikes 4-5pm. Paleo lecture 6:30 at the Powell Museum.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is accepting public comments through Nov. 15 on proposed changes to the park’s 2021 off road vehicle (ORV) special regulations.
A new National Park Service report shows that 5.2 million visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in 2023 spent $540 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 6,300 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $670 million.