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Horseshoe Bend, Page, AZ

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Horseshoe Bend

Walk a 1.5-mile round-trip trail to an overlook 1,000 feet above a horseshoe-shaped curve of the Colorado River.

US Highway 89 between mile markers 544 and 545 · Page, AZ

About Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend is a 270-degree curve of the Colorado River, seen from an overlook about 1,000 feet above the water inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. From the parking lot off US Highway 89, an accessible trail leads 1.5 miles round trip to the rim. The viewing platform has railings, but the trail does not, and there is no water along the way. The City of Page runs the parking lot and charges a fee that national park passes do not cover.

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