Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Az

The Glen Canyon Dam was built in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s to create a water reservoir for the southwestern states. Glen Canyon Dam is 710 feet compared to its more famous neighbor, the Hoover Dam which is 726.4 feet high. The Glen Canyon Dam actually required more concrete than the Hoover Dam because the canyon where the Colorado River is dammed is over 300 feet wider than the canyon at Hoover Dam.

The tour of the Glen Canyon Dam is much cheaper than the tour of Hoover Dam (only $5.00) and well worth the money. On the tour you get to walk across the top of the dam, go down to the river level, and go to see the turbines. The interesting thing at the river level was the beautiful Bermuda grass putting green. It was not actually a putting green, but it looked as nice as any green I have ever seen. They actually put dirt on top of the spill pipes to baffle the vibration. To keep the erosion down, Bermuda was planted on top of the dirt. We saw drop spreaders next to the wall for fertilizing the grass. We also found out that mowing day is on Tuesday.