Hotels in Page, Arizona

A little about Page...

Page is a small town in northern Arizona located on the southern shores of magnificent Lake Powell. Our friendly community offers visitors outstanding recreation and a wide variety of lodging and services.

Our location is ideal for exploring many of the American Southwest's renowned national parks and monuments, and discovering the unique culture of the Navajo Nation. This website has been designed to help you plan your next visit to Page/Lake Powell and discover virtually everything our region has to offer.

Unlike other towns in the area, Page was created in 1957 to house workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Its 17-square-mile site was obtained in a land exchange with the Navajo Indian tribe. The town is perched atop Manson Mesa at an elevation of 4,300 feet above sea level and 600 feet above Lake Powell.

After the dam was completed in the 1960s, the town grew steadily to today’s population of 6,800. Because of the new roads and bridge built for use during construction, it has become the gateway to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell, attracting more than 3 million visitors per year. Page is also the home of two of the largest electrical generation units in the western United States. Glen Canyon Dam has a 1,288,000 kilowatts capacity when fully online. The other power plant to the southeast is the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired steam plant with an output capability of 2,250,000 kilowatts.

Parts of the movie, Evolution, which starred David Duchovny and Orlando Jones, were filmed in Page.

Other movies also filmed in the Page area:

Planet of the Apes (Starring Charlton Heston)- Planet of the Apes (Starring Mark Wahlberg)- Maverick (Starring Mel Gibson, Jodi Foster, and James Garner)- The Greatest Story Ever Told (Starring Max Von Sydow).