Glen Canyon Dam Hidden Gems 🌵🌅

🌸Glen Canyon straddles the AZ/UT line, a Colorado-River giant. Construction 1956-1966 = 10 yrs of human grit vs. Jurassic stone. Drive Zion → Dam: 2 h 15 m of red-rock hypnosis 🚗💨 13:00 Carl Hayden Visitor Center Free parking 🅿️ Exhibits + 20-min movie = Dam 101; floor-to-ceiling windows frame the concrete arch PERFECTLY for that first “whoa” pano 📸 14:00 Glen Canyon Dam Bridge Walk 387-m pedestrian spine across the bridge = head-on dam + emerald river exit below 🌊🤯 Mid-span = zero fence photo sweet-spot (mind the trucks’ breeze 💨) 15:00 Wahweap Overlook (10 min hop) Mesa-top perch: Lake Powell’s sapphire snake + concrete curve in one widescreen shot 🖼️ 🌅🌸Return for sunset if time—sky explodes peach → fuchsia → cosmic violet 16:00 Lake Powell shoreline dive (10 min more) Cruise the white-rock service road to Wahweap Marina—rent a pontoon or just dip toes 🛥️ ⚠️ Magic moment: white rock = UT, red rock = AZ → 1-hour time difference. Watch your phone clock hop like a kangaroo ⏰🦘 18:00 Glen Canyon Dam Overlook (a.k.a. “Waterhole Canyon View”) 5-min trail to a cliff balcony—zero railing, 100 % river panorama, golden hour lighting = desktop-wallpaper gold 🌞🌿 Sleep in Page, hit Antelope Canyon sunrise next morning and you’ve officially pocketed the Colorado River trilogy. #GlenCanyonDam #RoadTripUSA #UtahViews