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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

San Juan County, Arizona, United States
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recreation area in Utah and Arizona in the United States

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a national recreation area and conservation unit of the United States National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres (5,076.49 km2) of mostly rugged high desert terrain. The recreation area is named for Glen Canyon, which was flooded by the Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1966, and is now mostly submerged beneath the waters of Lake Powell.

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Wahweap Boulevard, Wahweap, Arizona

Coordinates: 36.99361, -111.48694

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