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Southeastern Utah
Experience the earth's beauty at its most elemental in this rocky-and-rugged desert corner of the Colorado Plateau. Beyond the few pine-clad mountains, there's little vegetation to hide the impressive handiwork of time, water and wind: the thousands of red-rock spans in Arches National Park, the sheer-walled river gorges from Canyonlands to Lake Powell, and the stunning buttes and mesas of Monument Valley. The town of Moab is the best base for adventure, with as much four-wheeling, white-knuckle rafting, outfitter-guided fun as you can handle. Or you can lose the crowd while looking for Ancestral Puebloan rock art and dwellings in miles of isolated and undeveloped lands.
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Goblin Valley State Park
Southeastern Utah
A Salvador Dalí–esque melted-rock fantasy, a valley of giant stone mushrooms, an otherworldly alien landscape or the results of a cosmological acid trip?…
Dinosaur Museum
Southeastern Utah
Blanding's Dinosaur Museum is fascinating and highly ambitious; it's aim is to cover the complete history of the world’s dinosaurs. Mummified remains and…
Canyonlands National Park
Southeastern Utah
Covering 527 sq miles, Canyonlands is Utah's largest and wildest park. Indeed, parts of it are as rugged as almost anywhere on the planet. Arches, bridges…
Arches National Park
Southeastern Utah
One of the Southwest's most gorgeous parks, Arches boasts the world's greatest concentration of sandstone arches. Just 5 miles north of Moab on Hwy 191,…
Valley of the Gods
Southeastern Utah
Up and over, through and around: the 17-mile unpaved road (County Rd 242) that leads through Valley of the Gods is like a do-it-yourself roller coaster…
Island in the Sky
Southeastern Utah
You'll comprehend space in new ways atop the appropriately named Island in the Sky. This 6000ft-high flat-topped mesa drops precipitously on all sides,…
Horseshoe Canyon
Southeastern Utah
Way far west of Island in the Sky, Horseshoe Canyon shelters one of the most impressive collections of millennia-old rock art in the Southwest. The…
The Maze
Southeastern Utah
A 30-sq-mile jumble of high-walled canyons, the Maze is a rare preserve of true wilderness for hardy backcountry veterans. The colorful canyons are rugged…
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- National ParksHow to avoid the long lines at Arches National Park: all about their new reservation system
Dec 13, 2021 • 2 min read
National ParksHow to get around Moab, Arches and Canyonlands National ParksOct 19, 2021 • 5 min read
MonumentAnother mysterious monolith appeared in California... and then suddenly disappearedDec 3, 2020 • 2 min read
- Sustainable TravelThe best of the Colorado River: one step, pedal or stroke at a time
Nov 26, 2014 • 5 min read
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