Wahweap
Marina, located near Page, Arizona, is the largest
marina site on Lake Powell. It offers a wide variety
of visitor services and opportunities for recreation.
The city of Page also offers numerous visitor services
and is the site of Glen Canyon Dam.
Wahweap.
Wahweap Marina was named for Wahweap Canyon, a
side canyon of the Colorado River now covered by Lake
Powell. "Wahweap" is a Paiute word meaning
bitter or alkali water. In the days before Glen Canyon
dam, this was a favorite stopping place for river
runners on the Colorado, as well as a favorite camping
spot for cowboys running cattle in the area. Both
the marina and the city of Page owe their existence
to Glen Canyon dam. Prior to the 1960's neither existed.
Wahweap
Today. Carl Hayden Visitor Center, located next
to Glen Canyon Dam, is staffed by the National Park
Service and open daily except for Thanksgiving, Christmas,
and New Years. It offers information, films, a relief
map, and views of the dam and surrounding landscape
from its observation deck. Free dam tours are available
daily.
The National Park Service also provides a self-service
ranger station at Wahweap, drinking water, restrooms,
free boat pump-out stations, picnic area with grills,
fish-cleaning station, and ranger programs in the
summer.
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.
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.
