Horseshoe Bend
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Scenic SpotTuba, Coconino County, Arizona, United States

Horseshoe Bend

A dramatic horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River carved deep into red sandstone near Page, Arizona.

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36.8791°, -111.5104°

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Horseshoe Bend is one of the most photographed natural landmarks in the American Southwest, a spectacular horseshoe-shaped meander where the Colorado River loops almost completely around a towering sandstone promontory near Page, Arizona. From the overlook on the rim, the green river curls some 300 meters below, framed by sheer red-rock cliffs in a near-perfect U.

Just downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and a short walk from the highway, the bend has become an iconic and immensely popular stop, drawing crowds for its dizzying, vertigo-inducing views — especially at sunset, when the low sun lights the canyon walls in glowing reds and oranges. Its sweeping, almost impossibly photogenic geometry has made Horseshoe Bend a symbol of the dramatic canyon country of the Colorado Plateau.

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Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River in Arizona, USA.
Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River in Arizona, USA.
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Tuba, Arizona
Coconino County
United StatesUS
36.87910°, -111.51040°
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Updated 4:47 AM
82°F
Mostly cloudy
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9.2 mph SW
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10 mi
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Sat 1%94° 71°
Sun 3%93° 65°
Mon 3%92° 68°

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