Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona

During our 2021 winter trip, we stopped by Horseshoe Bend. 

On the day we did a Antelope Canyon tour and we still had a time in the area. In Page, Arizona, there are many great places to visit. One of them was Horseshoe Bend, so why not going there?!

Horseshoe Bend is famous for its picturesque visual, thus most of you must have seen its pictures somewhere. On the internet or picture books, it is one of the most popular ones. Due to that, many people visit there these days. I guess probably because of that now City of Page charges $10 for vehicle to park there. I thought it would be just a place to look at the bend, but there is actually a trail, although just 1.5 mile total. I really liked the mini-walk. 

The picture below is the Horseshoe Bend. Although I knew how it looks like, it is still nice to see in person. I guarantee it would be a different experience to see it there compared to looking at pictures. The bend is nicely there quietly. Many people were looking at this from the viewpoint, but other side there was anybody, which was nice. It was a sunset time: pretty to see the water color and rock color changing every minute.

Horseshoe Bend

Orange color

Most people were looking at the bend, but wow the other surrounding area was beautiful, too! Especially the rock color reflecting warm orange evening sunlight. The rocks looked really orange! Wow. One of the most orange rocks I have ever seen. You can walk some beyond the viewpoint on the rock (off-trail). This portion is much less people and I highly recommend it. 

The word horseshoe is quite often used for the name of a rock or a lake or any landmarks everywhere in the U.S.  First time I heard the word is a horseshoe lake in Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, in Palo Alto, California. I used to live in Palo Alto and hiked a lot in the Open Space Preserve area. There are many different OSPs. Since then many places I go hiking in Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, even Alaska I found horseshoe something on a trail. It is very interesting how people found it a shape like horseshoe in the nature. 

For 2021 Winter trip, the first two hikes are with many people around. The first was Antelope Canyon, then Horseshoe lake. The next one? Absolutely nobody for 3 entire days. The story will come next!