- Glen Canyon Dam is more modern, built between 1957 and 1963. Hoover Dam is the older, more historic dam, built between 1931 and 1936.
- The drop is huge, but we felt very safe behind the fence. The views of the Colorado River and Glen Canyon Dam are worth the walk on the bridge.
- Glen Canyon Dam was constructed to protect the Upper Basin States water supply from being used prematurely by the Lower Basin States.
- Glen Canyon Dam has the honor of being the second-tallest dam of this sort at 710 feet high from bedrock to top and fourth highest dam of any type in the nation.
- The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir.
- Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page.
- Glen Canyon Dam is located in Glen Canyon, a deep, narrow canyon that was carved by the Colorado River over millions of years.
- The Glen Canyon Dam is located within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, where some 3 million tourists visit each year for outdoor fun.
- The Glen Canyon Dam is concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page.
- They make a nice day trip from Las Vegas. But, I wanted to give a shout out to the lesser-known little brother/sister…the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.