Utah Skyline Recreation Guide 2009

Family Fun is found on the waters and shores of Lake Powell Photo courtesy: Kelly Hilding Lake Powell is home to Rainbow Bridge and is the largest natural bridge in the world. Lake Powell serves as the perfect water-ﬁlled playground for kids and families and offers some of the ﬁnest opportunities for water recreation in the world. Visitors can rent houseboats, powerboats, personal watercraft, kayaks, or assorted water toys and enjoy the second largest man-made lake in the United States. Lodging is available at Bull Frog in Utah or Lake Powell Marina in Arizona. Kids and families will enjoy the shoreline and beaches, swimming pool, and guided tours on the lake. Dinner cruises are available during the summer months. Lake Powell rents water-friendly equipment like water trampolines and jet skis. Museums in the city of Page, AZ offer information about the area. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has a visitor center dedicated to dinosaur history and displays, and is located just minutes west of Lake Powell. Lake Powell is surrounded by nearly 2,000 miles of shoreline, which is about the size of the entire west coast of the United States. Lake Powell is 186 miles long and contains more than 90 major canyons that offer plenty of room to escape the crowds and ﬁnd some personal space on the lake. Lees Ferry and Lake Powell are part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Lake Powell is home to more than a dozen species of reptiles, 170 species of birds and 800 mammals. Rainbow Bridge was discovered a century ago in 1909 and holds the distinction as the largest natural bridge in the world. Five rivers feed into the formation of Lake Powell. The Green River from Wyoming, the Colorado River from Colorado, the San Juan River from New Mexico, along with the Escalante and Dirty Devil Rivers from Utah. Lake Powell reaches a depth of over 500 feet. The dam was built for energy production and recreation and is capable of producing 1,320,000 kw of electricity. The dam has a visitor center with information about the lake and dam. Lake Powell has comfortable water and air temperatures clear into October and November. Lake Powell Info (928) 608-6404 www.lakepowell.com Lake Powell Resort rents Houseboats, Powerboats & Jet Skis. Call: 928-645-1111 for Boat Rental information and details. 11 http://www.lakepowell.com http://www.UtahSkylineRecreationGuide.com

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Utah Skyline Recreation Guide 2009 Table of Contents Utah’s ‘Life Elevated’ Playground Experience Moab Zion National Park Turns 100 The North Rim of the Grand Canyon Family Fun at Lake Powell King of the Mountain at Bryce Canyon Sanpete County’s Open Atmosphere Cedar City / Brian Head The Mormon Miracle Pageant Healthy Tips for Kids / Join Us in Utah Rent a Cottage, Cabin or Town Home Amazing Earthfest Education Utah Skyline Recreation Guide Map Kanab’s Hidden Treasures Cedar Breaks / Shakespearean Festival Share Sevier County with your Friends A History Lesson on Red Canyon Capitol Reef / Four Corners Utah State Parks Castle Country’s Rocks & Dinosaurs Utah’s Canyon Country Grand Staircase Wonders & Colors Coral Pink Sand Dunes / Pipe Spring St. George / Springdale Recreation Utah Rodeo Champions Millard County / Great Basin NP Dinosour Discoveries in Utah Bear Lake’s Year-Round Recreation Filmed in Utah / Unique to Utah Discover East Zion This Year

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