(Glen Canyon, UT) — A marina on Lake Powell is never going to reopen. Dangling Rope in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area has shut down before for low water levels but this time it’s staying closed. Officials with the National Park Service confirmed this yesterday, saying the loss of […]
(St. George, UT) — There is a new attendance record for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The National Park Service released its report on attendance and Glen Canyon ranked as one of the highest and reported it had 5-point-2-million visitors in 2023. The previous yearly high was in 2017 with […]
(Bullfrog, UT) — A southern Utah park is claiming the title of the most visited national park in the state. Numbers from the National Park Service show Glen Canyon Recreational Area took the top spot for most visitors in 2023, taking all of the “Mighty Five.” Officials say a record […]
(Undated) — The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will begin its winter season on Wednesday. Some facilities in the recreation area will be closed to prevent freezing and other problems during cold weather. Most of the closures are for public restrooms and pump-out facilities at campgrounds and boating ramps. Hours […]
(St. George, UT) — Flash floods are likely to sweep across all of Southern Utah’s national parks and national monuments today. The Southern Utah Flash Flooding Potential Rating shows floods are probable at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands along with Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon […]
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA , Ariz. (AP)-Visitors to a national recreation area straddling the Arizona-Utah border are being asked to stay away from a rock art site that features sheep carved thousands of years ago. The petroglyph panel is along the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and Lees […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say the body of an Arizona man has been recovered from Lake Powell. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area officials say 31-year-old Jacob Jessop of Colorado City was pronounced dead at the scene by the Coconino County Medical Examiner. Jessop’s body has been transported to Flagstaff […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Glen Canyon National Recreation Area authorities say an Arizona man has apparently drowned in Lake Powell. They say 33-year-old Albert Shortman of Cow Springs was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday by the Coconino County Medical Examiner. Shortman’s body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Parking at a spot near the edge of an Arizona canyon where the Colorado River makes a sharp U-turn now comes at a cost. You can blame that mostly on social media. Countless posts have celebrated the wonder of Horseshoe Bend, where the bluish-green river takes […]
BULLFROG, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a young Utah boy is dead after falling into Lake Powell while sleeping overnight on the upper deck of a houseboat. The National Park Service on Wednesday identified the boy as 3-year-old Jayden Cooper Vokas from Park City, Utah, and said authorities learned of […]
