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Visitor's Guide Glen Canyon National Rainbow Bridge Recreation Area National Monument PARK INFORMATION • SAFETY TIPS • WHAT TO SEE AND DO VISITOR'S GUIDE GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RAINBOW BRIDGE RECREATION AREA NATIONAL MONUMENT Volume 1 Please take only one Guide per party 1991 Edition Regardless of your reason for visiting Glen Canyon, perhaps And The Wild is Calling the first and most lasting im­ pression is the immensity of it all: The land, the sky, the lake itself. One can marvel at a horizon a hun­ dred miles distant, or wedge one's self between narrow sandstone walls, the sky a blue shoelace hundreds of feet above. Some visitors have termed this region part of the last great wilderness of the 48 contiguous states, and with good reason. You can lose yourself here, both philosophically and physi­ cally, and in a seemingly endless variety of environments. This same feeling was expressed by author Robert Service as his eyes spanned another immense area, Alaska, in his poem "The Call of the Wild." "Have you gazed on naked grandeur scarcely exists by the time it reaches where the Gulf of California, 763 miles there's nothing else to gaze on, downstream of Glen Canyon Dam. Set pieces and drop-curtain scenes But let your mind drift along the galore, ribbon of blue waterway stretching 186 Big mountains heaved to heav en, which miles above the dam. Realize, also, that the almost 85% of the National Recreation blinding sunsets blazon, Area is slickrock wilderness away from cumstances Black canyons where the rapids rip and the water's edge. Now drift in and out should visitors roar? of 96 side canyons and listen again to disturb any of Have you swept the visioned valley "The Call of the Wild." these sites, or with While overland access into the heart change or remove the green stream streaking through it, of Glen Canyon is possible, most find anything found there. Report your visitor centers. View the exhibits. At­ Searched the Vastness for a something this amazing mixture of resources by findings to a park ranger. We ask your tend interpretive presentations. Read a you have lost? boat. In these bays and canyons, Glen help, and that of future generations of variety of books and publications about Have you strung your soul to silence? Canyon Dam impounds precious water visitors, by treading respectfully, by the area. Talk with our rangers. Hike Then that offers year 'round recreation for not defacing park features, collecting the trails, and pause to absorb, to reflect for God's sake go and do it; millions. The legislative charter of the natural objects, removing, defacing or and to heed "The Call." Hear the challenge, learn the lesson, National Park Service, enacted by the destroying any plant, animal, or min­ pay the cost..." Congress in 1916, requires that we eral. "But can't you hear the Wild? — it's The unparalleled scenic riches of provide for the public's use and enjoy­ We also ask that you be safety- calling you. this place are the product of time and ment of these special areas that are part conscious while here at Glen Canyon. Let us probe the silent places, let us the elements. And Lake Powell, of of the National Park System. Visitors perish here each year — by seek what luck betide us; course, is the result of a single dam But we also have another obliga­ drowning, boat accidents, propeller Let us journey to a lonely land I know. whose concrete crest extends nearly tion, one that you, the visitor, must help cuts, in auto accidents. We want to There's a whisper on the night-wind, one-third of a mile across the sandstone us to fulfill. And that is the protection prevent these tragedies, and we ur­ there's a star agleam to guide us, rim of Glen Canyon itself. and preservation of the parklands and gently seek your support in accom­ And the Wild is calling, calling . The lake's blue waters, more than their resources. You may help us in plishing this goal. let us go." 500 feet deep in places, come from a several ways. Finally, whether here or elsewhere score of rivers draining the Upper Ba­ Glen Canyon is one of the richest in the National Park System, we en­ sin states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah areas in the country in numbers and courage you to learn as much as possible Welcome to Glen Canyon. This vi­ and New Mexico. From Glen Canyon, density of sites that tell the stories of about these special places. Each park sitor's guide is a new attempt by the waters released through the dam pass earlier civilizations. Prime archaeo­ area was created because of some National Park Service to provide southward through Marble Canyon, the logical sites abound. These fragile sites unique orexceptional historic, cultural, information about activities avail­ Grand Canyon, along the Arizona- and their resources form a significant natural or recreational feature. Without able within the park. Whether your California border and on through part of our national heritage. They are exception, there is much more to a park interest is boating, camping or just Mexico. Remarkably, the Colorado protected by law. And under no cir­ area than first meets the eye. Stop at the finding a good restaurant, we hope this will help you enjoy your visit. INSIDE Emergencies - 24 Hours a Day Wahweap/Lees Ferry - Dial (602) 645-9585 Tours/Lodging/Food... Page 8 Park Map Page 5 Bullfrog/Halls Crossing/Hite - Dial (801) 684-2242 Site Maps Page 4 NOAA Weather Information - Channel Wl Marine Band (162.550) Camping Page 2 Page Hospital - Dial (602) 645-2424 Boating Page 3 Rainbow Bridge National Bienvenu/Willkommen Monument Page 7 L'information traduit enFrancais et an Allemand surl'histoirenaturelle et culturelle de Glen Canyonfoumi Ranger Programs Page 6 gratuit. Demandez aux centres de visiteurs. Additional Reading .... Page 8 Auskunftsiibersetzengen iiber die Natur-und Kulturgeschichte des Glen Canyons werden auf Deutsch und This Visitor's Guide is published as a service to park visitors by Glen Can­ Franzosisch kostonlos angeboten. Erkundigen sie sich beim besuchzentrumen. yon Natural History Association. 2 GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA Shoreline Use Campgrounds Lake Powell's extensive and varied WHAT TO SEE AND DO Individual sites within National Park Service campgrounds are shoreline offers unlimited opportunity Scenic viewing, photography and operated on a first-come, first-served basis; no reservations. Each for outdoor recreation - the kind of just walking to observe the area's ge­ campsite has a picnic table and fire grate. Water is centrally experiences that may be counted among ology, wildlife and plants are popular located near restrooms in each loop. No hookups are available. your lifetime best. activities, as are swimming, boating Wahweap group campsites can accommodate 10 to 30 people and are available and other water recreation. Freshwater only by reservation. Reservation requests for group camping must be made by CAMPING clams, crayfish, fish and waterfowl are calling (602) 645-8883 or writing Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Attn: Shoreline camps are used by many among the creatures you may find while Group Camping Reservations, P.O. Box 1507, Page, AZ 86040. as a base for water recreation and ac­ beachcombing; tamarisk, willow, tivities on land, such as exploring the seepwillow and spiny naiad (aquatic) side canyons or hiking to higher van­ are the most common plants below the tage points above the shore. Camping high water line. along the lake is permitted anywhere v outside of developed areas. While sand RESOURCE PROTECTION AND %° of *y 0<f c2> 0<P ^ <^ ^P beach sites are most suitable for camps, SAFETY shelfy terrace and slickrock sites often With its large visitor population Wahweap 189 contain level areas with sand pockets and unusually long average length-of- • • • • which also make excellent camps. Be stay, the area's lakeshore receives over Bullfrog 87 sure to avoid camping beneath steep a million visitor nights of use annually. Halls Crossing 65 • • • • slopes, particularly if there is evidence At this level, it is obviously important * * of slumping or rockfalls. Drink only that visitors conduct their activities in a Hite 12 water from approved drinking water safe and environmentally conscious Lees Ferry 54 • • • • sources or water you have treated by manner. Water quality, water safety, boiling, filtration, or chemical treat­ shoreline trash and latrine sites, graffiti * Dump station, restrooms and water available at Hite Marina. ment. on rocks (including damage to cultural resources), indiscriminate trailing, and SANITATION digging or children playing in unstable A "porta-potty" or shovel is an es­ sand or talus slopes have all been iden­ Private camper/RV facilities are made available by the National sential camp tool for sanitation. If you tified as common user-related impacts Park Service concessioner, Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas. choose a shovel, toilet pits should be at or dangers to the shore. Help protect During the busy summer months, advance reservations are least six inches (15 cm.) deep, and reg­ this superlative area by exercising cau­ recommended. Call LPRM toll-free at 1-800-528-6154. For reservations seven ulations require that they be at least 100 tion and ensuring that the impact you days in advance or less, call the numbers listed below. feet (30 m.) above the high water line. have on water and land is minimal. National Wahweap Park Service (602) 645-1004 118 • Anniversary Bullfrog This year the National Park Ser­ this park as you travel our roads and (801) 684-2233 23 vice celebrates its 75th year of ex­ waterways. Then, if you can, make Halls Crossing istence. Our visitors are invited to be plans to visit another national park (801) 684-2261 32 part of this celebration by spending a area before 1991 ends - the rangers bit of extra time enjoying the natural, at our visitor centers will tell you Shuttle bus service is available throughout the Wahweap and Bullfrog facilities.
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