Crossing of the Fathers is a historical river crossing of the Colorado River, in Utah, between Kane and San Juan Counties. It lay on the Colorado River at an elevation of approximately 3,180 feet. The crossing was a series of sand bars across the river at a great bend in the river overlooked by Padres Butte. The crossing was located a mile west of the butte which is now at the tip of Padre Point on the south shore of Lake Powell. The crossing is now under nearly four hundred feet of water in Padre Bay in Lake Powell, named for the padres Dominguez and Escalante, whose expedition crossed the Colorado River there.