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Utah/Arizona: Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

48 images Created 8 Jun 2011

- View photos from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell, in Utah and Arizona, USA, by Tom Dempsey: Willow Creek Canyon, Broken Bow Arch, Llewellyn Gulch, petroglyphs of bighorn sheep chipped into desert varnish, pink cactus flower, frog held in hands, Bishop Canyon, LaGorce Arch, Hite Crossing Bridge (built 1966), and Hite Marina high and dry above the Colorado River in 2015 (at the former upstream limits of Lake Powell). I also photographed an interesting Anasazi kiva (ceremonial room) restored at Three Roof Ruin, on Escalante River Arm of Lake Powell.
- Just 8 miles outside the park is the elegant slot of Leprechaun Canyon in North Wash on federal public BLM land between Hanksville & Hite.

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  • Sunset illuminates sandstone and houseboats at sunset on Lake Powell, which is impounded by Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River on the Utah and Arizona border, USA. Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869. The dam generates electrical power, controls flooding, and provides water recreation, at the cost of various environmental changes.
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  • We moored our rented houseboat here in the Llewellyn Gulch branch of Lake Powell, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA, in April 2000. When full, Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States (after Lake Mead).
    00SW-14-06-houseboat_Llewellyn-Gulch.jpg
  • An orange sunset illuminates clouds in the blue sky at dusk over our 1999 Volkswagon Eurovan Camper. We camped on BLM land on Blue Notch Canyon Road, a mile west of Highway 95 in White Canyon, near Hite Marina, Utah, USA.
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  • A hiker explores the elegant slot of Leprechaun Canyon in North Wash, between Hanksville & Hite, Utah, USA. Leprechaun Canyon's sandstone dates from the Triassic-Jurassic Period. Directions: from Hanksville, drive 26 miles south on Highway 95 to the junction with Utah 276 and stay left on H95 for another 2.0 miles across a wash, then park on the left (east) along a short road within the first 100 feet before its sandtrap end. Walk up the wash of Leprechaun Canyon 2 miles round trip to a gorgeous subway which narrows to a tight squeeze. Nearby, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is just 8 miles south on H95.
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  • Explore the elegant subway and slot of Leprechaun Canyon in North Wash, between Hanksville & Hite, Utah, USA. Leprechaun Canyon's sandstone dates from the Triassic-Jurassic Period. Directions: from Hanksville, drive 26 miles south on Highway 95 to the junction with Utah 276 and stay left on H95 for another 2.0 miles across a wash, then park on the left (east) along a short road within the first 100 feet before its sandtrap end. Walk up the wash of Leprechaun Canyon 2 miles round trip to a gorgeous subway which narrows to a tight squeeze called Belfast Boulevard. Nearby, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is just 8 miles south on H95.
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  • Explore the elegant subway and slot of Leprechaun Canyon in North Wash, between Hanksville & Hite, Utah, USA. Desert varnish coats the Triassic-Jurassic sandstone. Directions: from Hanksville, drive 26 miles south on Highway 95 to the junction with Utah 276 and stay left on H95 for another 2.0 miles across a wash, then park on the left (east) along a short road within the first 100 feet before its sandtrap end. Walk up the wash of Leprechaun Canyon 2 miles round trip to a subway which narrows to a tight squeeze called Belfast Boulevard.  Nearby, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is just 8 miles south on H95. Manganese-rich desert varnish requires thousands of years to coat a rock face that is protected from precipitation and wind erosion. The varnish likely originates from airborne dust and external surface runoff, including: clay minerals, oxides and hydroxides of manganese (Mn) and/or iron (Fe), sand grains, trace elements, and usually organic matter. Streaks of black varnish often occur where water cascades over cliffs protected from wind. Varnish color varies from shades of brown to black. Manganese-poor, iron-rich varnishes are red to orange, and intermediate concentrations are shaded brown. Manganese-oxidizing microbes may explain the unusually high concentration of manganese in black desert varnish, which can be smooth and shiny where densest. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Rays of sun spotlight a hiker exploring the slot of Leprechaun Canyon in North Wash, between Hanksville & Hite, Utah, USA. Leprechaun Canyon's sandstone dates from the Triassic-Jurassic Period. Directions: from Hanksville, drive 26 miles south on Highway 95 to the junction with Utah 276 and stay left on H95 for another 2.0 miles across a wash, then park on the left (east) along a short road within the first 100 feet before its sandtrap end. Walk up the wash of Leprechaun Canyon 2 miles round trip to a gorgeous subway which narrows to a tight squeeze called Belfast Boulevard. Nearby, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is just 8 miles south on H95.
    1503SW-0793_Leprechaun-Canyon.jpg
  • Sunset illuminates sandstone and houseboats at sunset on Lake Powell, which is impounded by Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River on the Utah and Arizona border, USA. Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869. The dam generates electrical power, controls flooding, and provides water recreation, at the cost of various environmental changes.
    11AZ1-2013_Lake-Powell_Glen-Canyon-N...jpg
  • A tiny hiker (silhouetted in black) crosses beneath massive Broken Bow Arch, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
    00SW-03-26-Broken-Bow-Arch_Willow-Cr...jpg
  • Sunset illuminates sandstone and houseboats at sunset on Lake Powell, which is impounded by Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River on the Utah and Arizona border, USA. Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869. The dam generates electrical power, controls flooding, and provides water recreation, at the cost of various environmental changes. (Panorama stitched from 10 photos.)
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  • The black-tailed jackrabbit or desert hare (Lepus californicus) is a common animal in the western United States and Mexico.
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  • In March 2015, Hite Marina was high and dry above the Colorado River (at the former upstream limits of Lake Powell), in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA. Due to extended drought, since 2003 all water-based facilities  (including floating store, fuel docks, boat pumpout, courtesy docks, and boat rentals) were moved from Hite Marina downriver to the other marinas on Lake Powell. This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Hite Crossing Bridge (built 1966), in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, northwest of Blanding, Utah, USA. The arch bridge carries Utah State Route 95 across the Colorado River, normally marking the upstream limit of Lake Powell and the end of Cataract Canyon. Due to extended drought, since 2003 all water-based facilities (including floating store, fuel docks, boat pumpout, courtesy docks, and boat rentals) were moved from Hite Marina downriver to the other marinas on Lake Powell.
    1503SW-0844_Hite-Crossing-Bridge.jpg
  • We parked our rented houseboat under sandstone cliffs where Willow Gulch meets Lake Powell, in order to hike to Broken Bow Arch, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
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  • Ancient petroglyphs of bighorn sheep are chipped into the desert varnish and sandstone of Llewellyn Gulch in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
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  • A cactus flower opens a pink blossom with yellow pollen in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
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  • Colorful nobby sandstone swirls in Llewellyn Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
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  • LaGorce Arch (100 feet wide and 75 feet high) appears at an impressive bend of Davis Gulch on in the Escalante Arm of Lake Powell, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
    00SW-07-14-LaGorce-Arch_Davis-Gulch.jpg
  • Moor a motorboat and climb steep sandstone to Three Roof Ruin, located 14 miles up the Escalante River Arm of Lake Powell, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
    00SW-05-07-Three-Roof-Ruin_Glen-Cany...jpg
  • A kiva (ceremonial room) has been restored at Three Roof Ruin, on Escalante River Arm of Lake Powell, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA. A wall has been breached to allow visitors to enter, but traditionally, the sunken round kivas were entered from the hole in the roof.
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  • This Anasazi kiva (ceremonial room) has been restored at Three Roof Ruin, on Escalante River Arm of Lake Powell, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
    00SW-05-09-Anasazi-kiva-restored_Thr...jpg
  • Ancient petroglyphs of bighorn sheep are chipped into the desert varnish and sandstone of Llewellyn Gulch in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
    00SW-13-21-petroglyphs-Llewellyn-Gul...jpg
  • A tiny frog sits cupped in two human hands. Willow Gulch, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
    00SW-03-07-toad-in-hands.jpg
  • Navajo Generating Station is a 2280 megawatt coal-fired powerplant on the Navajo Indian Reservation, near Lake Powell and the town of Page, Arizona, USA. Its three 236 meter high chimneys are among the tallest structures in Arizona. Power began in 1975 and air-cleaning ash scrubbers were added in the 1990s.
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  • Sunset illuminates sandstone and houseboats at sunset on Lake Powell, which is impounded by Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River on the Utah and Arizona border, USA. Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869. The dam generates electrical power, controls flooding, and provides water recreation, at the cost of various environmental changes.
    11AZ1-2002_Lake-Powell_Glen-Canyon-N...jpg
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