Page is also the spot to book your tours of Lake Powell and the surrounding attractions in the Glen Canyon Natural Recreation Area. Lake Powell offers countless options for boating, houseboating, fishing, swimming, kayaking, hiking and camping, all in the beautiful, if somewhat strange, landscape created by flooding a deep desert canyon.

No one fails to be amazed by the geologic beauty of Rainbow Bridge National Monument or Antelope Canyon. A graceful arch of sandstone, carved by millennia of wind and water, Rainbow Bridge is the world's largest natural bridge. Antelope Canyon is a stunning example of a "slot canyon," an intricate, winding matrix of narrow passageways eroded into the sandstone mesas. Both are fantastic photography subjects, and trips to Antelope Canyon, which is on the Navajo reservation, must be booked through a licensed tour operator. You can make those arrangements at a number of places in Page.



Be sure to make time to stop by Page's John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum to get a full appreciation of the amazing accomplishments of Lake Powell's namesake.  Outside the museum sits a replica of the wooden boat that Powell and a handful of intrepid explorers used to investigate the mysterious interior of the Grand Canyon more than 100 years ago. One look at this little boat, and one glimpse of the Colorado's powerful water explains why there's a museum built in honor of Powell's efforts. The museum also operates a Visitor Information Center which serves as a referral and booking service for local tour operators, including houseboat rentals, airplane tours, and outfitters for Antelope Canyon, and local lodging facilities.

Here's the coolest thing you didn't know about Page. It was the location for the filming of the 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told," with Max von Sydow as Jesus and the Colorado portraying the biblical River Jordan. Once the dam was fully operational, the waters of Lake Powell slowly covered the movie set, but rumor has it that you can boat over the site and see the set below the crystal clear waters.

Article by Sarah Horton.