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Wahweap Creek

Creek in Grand Staircase-Escalante NM, Glen Canyon NRA, Colorado Plateau, Wahweap WSA, Mud Spring Canyon WSA in Big Water in UT, AZ

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Wahweap Creek is a 55.6-mile (89.5 km) long intermittent stream in southern Utah in the United States, and is a tributary of the Colorado River. It drains a rugged, high elevation, largely roadless mesa and canyon country in the Colorado Plateau region. The creek flows into the Lake Powell reservoir at Wahweap Bay where it gives its name to the Wahweap Marina, a popular access point to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The Dakota Sandstone Wahweap Hoodoos are located adjacent to the creek near Lake Powell, and are accessible by a hike in the dry streambed. Wahweap Creek also cuts through sections of the fossil-rich Wahweap Formation, which is named after the creek. Caution is essential when traveling in the area as the creek, though usually dry, is prone to large flash floods. In…

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