Another Day In Paradise: Lake Powell - the wonderful man-made lake of the United States
Another Day In Paradise: Lake Powell - the wonderful man-made lake of the United States Lake Powell , the second largest man-made lake in the United States is the playground for Page, Arizona , and attracting more then three million visitors annually. This amazing man made wonder named after John Wesley Powell (who led the first exploration of the Colorado River ). It is the largest reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah . The Lake stretches from two miles south of the state line in Arizona upstream approximately 300 kilometers to Canyon lands National Park in Utah . Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, United States The most renowned Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area, established by Congress in 1972, is the home of Lake Powell . The area is included of 1.25 million acres with the lake occupying only 13%, of the total area, which leaves a lot of opportunity to be explored by four-wheel drive. Once you travel by boat a ...