Hole in the Rock, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Name: Hole in the Rock
Address: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, United States

#4 among attractions in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

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Hole in the Rock, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

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Hole in the Rock is a narrow and steep crevice in the western rim of Glen Canyon, in southern Utah in the western United States. Together with another canyon on the eastern side of the Colorado River, it provided a route through what would otherwise be a large area of impassable terrain. ()

Built: 1879 (145 years ago)Elevation: 4419 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 37°15'28"N, 110°53'53"W

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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area United States

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Hole in the Rock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glen Canyon, Gregory Natural Bridge.

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Natural attraction, Nature, Canyon
Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
29 min walk • Glen Canyon is a natural canyon carved by a 169.6-mile length of the Colorado River, mostly in southeastern and south-central Utah, in the United States. Glen Canyon starts where Narrow Canyon ends, at the confluence of the Colorado River and the Dirty Devil River.
5.5 miNW
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Gregory Natural Bridge, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
140 min walk • Gregory Natural Bridge is a typically submerged natural arch that exists at Lake Powell in Utah. Before it was submerged in 1969, it had a span of 127 feet. Due to a long term regional drought, in 2021 the bridge was no longer submerged for the first time since the initial filling of the reservoir.

Hole in the Rock, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Facts and practical information

Hole in the Rock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Gregory Natural Bridge, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area