By far the most popular activity in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is boating. By private boat or by a rental from one of the park's conssesioners, almost two million visitors enjoy the deep turquoise waters of Lake Powell.
There are four marinas where you can launch your private vessel.
There are fees for your boat to enter Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Zebra Mussel Advisory - Zebra mussels are an exotic species that can pose a threat to the waters of Lake Powell and those who use them for recreation, irrigation, or power generation. If your boat has been in Zebra mussel infected waters, please read this important advisory.
All Boaters must follow federal and state regulations.
United States Coast Guard www.uscgboating.org
Utah State Parks www.stateparks.utah.gov
Arizona Game and Fish www.azgfd.com
Play it safe - take the Utah PWC certification course
Children ages 12-17 who wish to operate a Personal Watercraft (PWC) in Utah must take a certification course in order to do so.
The class is held at the Utah State Parks building at Wahweap and at the Visitor Center in Bullfrog. Fill out the Registration Form, and call 928-645-2344 to attend the next class.
Wahweap Marina - Wahweap Marina, 5.5 miles (8.9km) from the visitor center along Lakeshore Drive, is operated by ARAMARK, the park concessioner. It provides a variety of services, including: lodging, food services, gift shops, 2 campgrounds (one with hook-ups), laundry, showers, and a service station. Full marina services include: slips, buoys, boat rentals, tours, repairs, dry storage and fueling. Click here for PDF map.
The city of Page, 2 miles (3.2km) from the dam and visitor center, has stores, motels, restaurants, churches, hospital, and museum. Page can be reached by surfaced roads year-round, and by air from Phoenix.
Phone Numbers: National Park Service Information: (928) 608-6200
National Park Service Emergency: (800) 582-4351
ARAMARK, Wahweap: (928) 645-2433 ARAMARK, Toll Free: (800) 528-6154
Antelope Point Marina - Antelope Point Marina is located approximately 5 miles uplake from Glen Canyon Dam on the main channel. Land access is from Highway 98. This marina features a public launch ramp, day use area, and dump station. Antelope Point Holdings, one of the park's concessioners, provides boat rental, valet launching, slip rental, boat repair, boat pupmpout, and a small convenience store. A restaurant is currently under construction.
Phone: 928-645-5900. Link to Antelope Point Home Page. Click here for PDF Map.
Dangling Rope Marina - At Dangling Rope, the National Park Service provides a ranger station, restrooms, free boat pump-out station, and emergency communications. During the summer season, interpretive rangers are stationed at nearby Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Rangers from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area patrol Rainbow Bridge National Monument and provide visitor information, even though the monument is a separate unit of the National Park Service and is subject to more stringent regulations regarding visitor use & activities than is Glen Canyon NRA.
Dangling Rope is only accessible by water. There is no boat launching available. ARAMARK, the park concessioner, provides limited services at Dangling Rope, including: boat fuel, minor boat repair, and a supply store including some groceries. This is the only place to get boat fuel between Wahweap and the Halls Crossing/Bullfrog area. For additional information about Rainbow Bridge National Monument, visit their home page.
Halls Crossing Marina - Halls Crossing is located on Lake Powell, about 95 (153km) miles upstream from Glen Canyon Dam, directly across the lake from Bullfrog Marina. The National Park Service maintains a Boater Contact Station at Halls Crossing that is staffed intermittently during the summer. It also provides a launch ramp and free boat pump-out station. Click here for PDF Map.
ARAMARK, the park concessioner, provides many visitor services, including: housekeeping units, grocery store, 2 campgrounds (one with hook-ups), laundry, showers, service station, and boat repair. Cal Black Memorial Airport is located approximately 10 miles (16km) east of Halls Crossing.
The State of Utah maintains a regularly scheduled ferry, capable of carrying cars, trucks, rv's and trailers, which runs between Halls Crossing and Bullfrog . This is a fee service and is available on a first come, first served basis. The ferry is occasionally out of service for repairs. If ferry service is crucial to your trip, we recommend you call ahead to verify that it is in service.
Phone: NPS, Halls Crossing: 435-684-7460
Phone: Aramark, Halls Crossing, ferry information, 435-684-7000
Bullfrog Marina - Bullfrog Marina offers the widest variety of services on the lake outside of Wahweap.The National Park Service provides a launch ramp, portable toilet dump station, free boat pump-out station, picnic area, fish cleaning station, and paved landing strip for aircraft. Click here for PDF map.
The concessioner, ARAMARK, provides a full complement of visitor services, including: a lodge, housekeeping units, restaurant, gift shop, grocery store, 2 campgrounds (one with hook-ups), laundry, showers, service station, boat rental, boat tours, and boat repair. There is a post office in Bullfrog.
The State of Utah maintains a regularly scheduled ferry, capable of carrying cars, trucks, rv's and trailers, which runs between Bullfrog and Halls Crossing. This is a fee service and is available on a first come, first served basis. The ferry is occasionally out of service for repairs. If ferry service is crucial to your trip, we recommend you call ahead to verify that it is in service.
Phone: NPS, Bullfrog: 435-684-7400
Phone: Aramark, Bullfrog, ferry information: 435-684-3000
Hite -There are currently no water-based facilities or launching capabilities at Hite. There is a land-based pay-at-the-pump gas station and a small convenience store that is open intermittently. There is a ranger station at Hite that is also staffed intermittently.
Boating & Marinas
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