See, the town was established in as a temporary work camp for builders of the Glen Canyon Dam , but the people stayed. Visit either as a starting point to cruise the clear blue-green waters on a panoramic boat tour, or rent wakeboards, water skis, paddleboards, or kayaks.
A rafting excursion gives you another vantage point from which to view the canyon. Visit the website below for additional resources. Locals say that until recently, few knew of Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon. Coconino Community College, an accredited two-year college, serves Northern Coconino County with an instructional site located in Page adjacent to the City Library. The CCC Page campus offers nearly 30 credit courses each semester to over students.
Admission, registration and advising services, as well as a computer lab are available to current and prospective students. Medical facilities include an accredited hospital, medical and dental offices, and various adjunct medical services. Medical specialists comes from other cities on rotation to serve the citizens of Page.
Lifeline helicopter service is also available. The Page Municipal Airport has a lighted 5,foot paved runway and offers flights to and from Phoenix and Denver.
Charter service and tours are also available. There are around 40 lodging facilities with roughly 3, rooms, not including RV parks and camping. There are multiple meeting facilities with the largest of these seating approximately people.
Toward that end, the Glen Canyon Project was authorized by Congress in the spring of ; that fall the first construction contract was awarded. President Dwight D. Eisenhower pushed a button in Washington, and by voice control, a detonating cap burst and sent the first shower of rock spilling into Glen Canyon of the Colorado River. The work had begun. This was also the beginning of Page, Arizona. Page, unlike other towns in the area, was created in to provide housing for dam workers and their families.
This was a major undertaking as there were no roads into what became the construction camp of Page. The city was named by the Bureau for John C. Page who had been Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. Page had overseen the construction of Hoover Dam. Because the land was, by treaty, part of the Navajo reservation, the Bureau of Reclamation working together with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Navajo Tribe, had previously effected a land exchange.
The tribe was given land in New Mexico in exchange for the 17 square mile area that would become the site of Page. A transportation artery was cut from U. Highway 89, up the cliff face towards Manson Mesa. Waterholes Canyon is a slot canyon that can only be visited through a guided tour provided by the authorized agency. The canyon is located on Highway 89 near a parking lot about 2 miles south of the aforementioned Horseshoe Bend parking lot.
Lake Powell Boulevard if you want to have good American barbecue. You can eat indoors or outdoors at tables shared with other people, which is an opportunity to talk with other tourists or locals. When we came here for dinner, we had a nice chat with a family from Florida. While enjoying exceptional grilled meat prepared in a smokehouse, you can enjoy a live country music concert , which creates an incredibly fun atmosphere.
The staff is also very friendly and helpful. There are motels and hotels with a wide price range, as long as you book ahead of time , as the location — as you may have guessed — is very popular among travelers. One important thing is to make sure that there is a swimming pool in the hotel you select, because it is really hot here, especially in the summer!
All accommodations available in Page. Flagstaff is usually included in most typical West Coast road trip routes due to its proximity to attractions such as the Grand Canyon or Monument Valley although the latter is practically…. There are so many natural wonders to see around Page that it would take more than a week to see them all.
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