The Lees Ferry road leads north from Navajo Bridge and descends along the base of the Vermillion Cliffs to the mouth of the Paria River and Lees Ferry. While you have made a drive of more than 40 miles from Page, the Colorado River is just 15 miles downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. Rafters taking half-day floats from the dam emerge from the canyon here, while the really adventurous embark from here for downstream voyages of 5 to 14 days down the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon.
At the Lees Ferry Historic District, points of interest include a small rock structure buildt by Charles H. Spencer, a building referred to as the Lees Ferry Fort, and the sunken remains of the steamboat Charles H. Spencer.
A short distance up the Paria, the Lonely Dell Ranch Historic District commemorates the rugged pioneers who settled here, beginning with John D. Lee. Located at the ranch site is a log cabin, called ΓÇ£EmmaΓÇÖs Cabin,ΓÇ¥ believed to have been built by Lee in the early 1870s. A long rock building, constructed in 1916 by the Bar Z Ranch, functioned as a hub for cattle ranching. The ranch cemetery, located about 200 yards (182 meters) northwest of the ranch buildings, contains graves dating from 1874 to 1928, including four of Warren JohnsonΓÇÖs children, who contracted diptheria and died within four weeks in 1891.
