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Lake Powell is the reservoir formed on the Colorado River by the Glen Canyon Dam, filling from 1963 and stretching about 300 km into southern Utah. Its flooded side canyons and sandstone cliffs lie within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. From Wahweap Marina near Page, boats, kayaks and houseboats go out on the water, and boat tours reach Rainbow Bridge.

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River at Page, built between 1956 and 1966 to create Lake Powell. It stands 216 metres high; the steel arch of the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, opened in 1959, crosses the canyon just downstream. The Carl Hayden Visitor Center on the west side has exhibits and is the starting point of guided tours of the dam.

Horseshoe Bend is a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River about 8 km downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam, south of Page. From a car park on US Route 89, a path of about 1.2 km leads to an overlook with a railing on the rim, some 300 metres above the river, where it loops almost completely around a sandstone spur.

Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon on Navajo Nation land just east of Page, cut into Navajo Sandstone by flash floods into narrow, curving passages. It has two sections, Upper Antelope Canyon, walked at ground level, and Lower Antelope Canyon, reached by steep stairs. Both lie in the Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park and can be visited only on tours with licensed Navajo guides.