Horseshoe Bend Trail

Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River

~0 min drive

A social media darling, Horseshoe Bend has become one of the most recognized and visited places in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The parking lot and trailhead is located off US Highway 89, approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of the Carl Hayden Visitor Center. Changes a…

Vermilion View Trail

~0 min drive

4.5-mile out-and-back hike in Arizona with 612 ft elevation gain.

Path Through Nine-Mile Draw

~1 min drive

0.88-mile out-and-back trail through Nine-Mile Draw in Arizona.

Wahweap Campground Trails

~14 min drive

0.61-mile out-and-back trail in Arizona with 3,825 ft elevation gain.

Waterhole Canyon Trail

~5 min drive

0.74-mile out-and-back hike in Arizona with 85 ft elevation gain.

Spencer Trail

~7 min drive

Rough mule trail for hauling Charles G. Spencer’s gold mining supplies. Built 1910 Spencer’s mining machinery needed fuel. As the rest of the miners hauled equipment to Lees Ferry, two men spend the fall of 1910 building a trail up this sheer cliff to a coalmine at Warm Cree…

Wildcat Tank Path

~16 min drive

0.7-mile out-and-back trail in Arizona with 66 ft of elevation gain.

Red Mesa Loop

~7 min drive

1.97-mile loop in Arizona with 382 ft elevation gain and loss.

Rimview Trail

~6 min drive

10-mile loop trail in Arizona with 278 ft elevation gain.

Historic District River Trail

~8 min drive

Throughout the 1800 and 1900s, Lees Ferry was backdrop to a mix of Westward expansion dreams and failed schemes. Because of its strategic location along the Colorado River, unlikely groups overlapped on these shores. Miners, traders, U.S. government scientist, Church elders,…