Big Water: Wahweap Swimming Spot - Wahweap Bay
Wahweap Bay occupies a broad inlet of Lake Powell in southern Utah, close to the Arizona border. The bay forms part of the Colorado River reservoir created by Glen Canyon Dam, a project completed in 1966 that transformed Glen Canyon into one of the American Southwest’s principal recreation waters. Low desert slopes, exposed sandstone and wide water define the setting around the community of Big Water. Wahweap is one of Lake Powell’s principal developed recreation areas, with a marina, boat-launching facilities and shore access. The surrounding Glen Canyon National Recreation Area extends across southern Utah and northern Arizona, protecting a vast reservoir shoreline shaped by side canyons and mesas.
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Big Water combines the quiet scale of a small desert community with proximity to Lake Powell, reflecting its position on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah. U.S. Route 89 runs through town, following a corridor between Kanab and Page, Arizona, while broad sandstone country opens around the road. The Colorado River is impounded at Glen Canyon Dam to form Lake Powell, a defining presence for the area’s boating and shore access. Nearby Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, first proclaimed in 1996, places Big Water within a region of protected public lands and remarkable geology. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Big Water and southern Utah relate to its surroundings.
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