{"id":395,"date":"2021-08-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nickrossphoto.com\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2023-08-26T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T13:49:28","slug":"horseshoe-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickrossphoto.com\/blog\/state-parks\/arizona\/horseshoe-bend","title":{"rendered":"Horseshoe Bend – Is it worth the Hype?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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So you\u2019ve seen the epic pictures. Horseshoe Bend is on so many bucket lists. This place is guaranteed to be epic, right? Well\u2026 no.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is all this Horseshoe Bend Nonsense?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We decided to head to Horseshoe Bend as our next stop after the Grand Canyon. It\u2019s a couple of hours drive. When we got there, it was pretty crowded, and you have to pay to get in. After paying and parking, we set off towards the bend. It\u2019s a short, downhill walk to the bend. It was insanely crowded and filled with people everywhere. I\u2019m more of a head-off and leave me alone type person, and seeing all these influencers shoot selfies was aggravating. I can\u2019t complain, though, because I was there to take pictures too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll be the first to say, after just having seen the sunset at the Grand Canyon the night before, this was quite the let-down. Is it cool? Sure. Are you going to spend hours here? No, not really. It was simply just a pitstop along the way for us. It was nice to see, and I\u2019m sure there was more to see and do, but we were already done with all the pushy and rude people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I probably would have enjoyed this way more if there had not been so many people. It would have been nice to sit in the silence of the desert and look out over the bend\u2026 maybe have some lunch. Unfortunately, with the sheer amount of people, anything relaxing is not possible. You try and sit, and people feel the need to get so close as to trip over you. Do you want to get away from people? They will follow you because they think you know of a good spot they don\u2019t know about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was Horseshoe Bend Really That Bad?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If this is something on your bucket list and you want to see this place, I say go for it. Try to go in the off-season. Perhaps it will be less busy once covid is over and people can travel out of the country. For the person passing by on the highway that wants to stop, sure, I\u2019d say if you are already driving by, it\u2019s worth it to see. For the person that is planning their entire trip around this place, I\u2019d say you might want to rethink. I\u2019m sure there are people out there that love this place and think I am completely crazy, and to that, I say we can agree to disagree. If you are already in the area, there are many other things to incorporate into your day. Just make sure this isn\u2019t the only thing on the Agenda. <\/p>\n\n\n

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