Horseshoe Bend
A meander of the Colorado River enclosing a sandstone butte, seen from an unfenced rim 1,000 feet above the water, a mile and a half round trip from the car park.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Page
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 64.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 71.5
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- horseshoebend.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 36.8794, -111.5139
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Horseshoe Bend is a natural landmark near Page, in Coconino County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 64.1 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: http://www.horseshoebend.com(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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