The views of this beautiful curve from the 4,200 foot overlook are now legendary on social media. Here, the nation’s sixth largest river, which has eaten through the West’s rocky topography for the past 5 million years, curves at a perfect three quarters of a circle around a sandstone escarpment, creating a 270º horseshoe-shaped bend that is 1,000 feet deep and visible from a steep cliff that is accessed via a short. This is the location of perhaps the most iconic bend in the entire 1,450 mile route of the Colorado River – quite a statement considering the West’s great river flows through seven states and 11 national parks and monuments. Horseshoe Bend, located near Page, Arizona is a part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
