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Operating
Hours, Seasons
Carl Hayden Visitor Center, Page, AZ, daily, Memorial
Day - Labor Day, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; rest of year, daily,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and
New Years. Bullfrog Visitor Center, Bullfrog, UT, intermittently
in March, daily April - October, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed
November - February. Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center,
near Lees Ferry, daily mid-April - October, 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.; weekends only, early April and November, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Getting There
PLANE - The City of Page is served by a commercial
commuter airline. Charter flights are available from
Page and Salt Lake City to other areas on the lake.
Bullfrog, Hite and Escalante all have landing strips.
Cal Black Memorial Airport is located approximately
10 miles (16km) from Halls Crossing. In-park shuttle
services are available at Wahweap, Bullfrog, Halls Crossing,
and Hite.
CAR - Lees Ferry and the Navajo Bridge Interpretive
Center is located on Arizona Highway 89A. Carl Hayden
Visitor Center in Page, Az is on Highway 89. The Bullfrog
Visitor Center is located on Utah Highway 276. Halls
Crossing is also reached by Highway 276. Hite is located
just off Utah Highway 95.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - No public transportation
serves Glen Canyon NRA.
Weather & Climate
Summers are extremely hot, with little, if any, shade.
Winters are moderately cold with night time lows often
below freezing. Spring weather is highly variable with
extended periods of winds. Fall weather is usually mild.
Temperatures range from 110° F (38°C) in June
& July to O° F (-16°C) in December &
January. Precipitation is generally light (less than
6 inches--15.2cm-- annually) though heavy rains and
flash flooding can occur in spring and summer. Recommend
lightweight, light colored clothing for summer, including
a hat. Layers of clothing are best for other times of
the year.
Accessibility
All
visitor centers are handicapped accessible.
Getting Around
The primary form of transportation within the park is
by boat. Except for Lakeshore Drive in Wahweap, there
is virtually no hard-surfaced road which offers access
to or view of the lake outside the developed marinas.
In-park shuttle services are available at Wahweap, Bullfrog,
Halls Crossing, and Hite.
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