Canyonlands National Park

Indio Arch is along Utah Scenic Route 211 on the way to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah. There is not a sign pointing it out, but it is only 0.7 miles past the Newspaper Rock Historic Site. To see the arch well you have to pass through some old campsites and find a path down to Indian Creek, step across the creek and climb the bank on the opposite side. Climbing up the bank out of the creek bed, it looks like there is an old 4WD road under the cliffs. From... Read Full Story

Anticline Overlook Trail

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The Anticline Overlook Trail is a short loop at the extreme north end of Canyon Rims Recreation Area in southeast Utah. The first view area is about 150 yards up the trail. This view area is to the east of the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park. The view to the north finds the Colorado River winding through an area where the layers of rock have been bulged upwards, the curving layers obvious. From here there are also views of the potash... Read Full Story

Trough Springs Trail

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The Trough Springs Trail is a 2.5 mile historic cattle trail in Canyon Rims Recreation Area, a large mesa area to the east of Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah. The trail head is at the end of a short dirt road in the north end of the Canyon Rims area, near the Anticline Overlook Trail. There are many dirt road opportunities for hiking in Canyon Rims but this appears to be the only actual hiking trail. The trail descends 1100 feet. The terrain here is scattered Pinon Pine and Utah... Read Full Story

Needles Overlook Trail

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The Needles Overlook Trail is a short loop route in the Canyon Rims Area of southeast Utah that features very wide views of the Canyonlands National Park area of the Colorado River.The view to the north shows the massive Navajo sandstone cliffs and some glimpses of the blue Colorado River as it twists through toward its entrance to the Canyonlands Park area. There are smooth easily accessible portions of the trail, but much of it is over the rough natural terrain of this rocky point. The... Read Full Story

Confluence Overlook Trail-Needles District

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The Confluence Overlook Trail in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park is an 11 mile round trip to the point where the Green River and Colorado River flow together. Like most of the hikes in Canyonlands the trail climbs up and down in rough canyons and follows along the canyon bottoms. Some of the spots along these trails seem impossible, but there are often helpful ladders or steps arranged to make the trip a little easier. These spots are a reminder to stay on the trails and... Read Full Story

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For the first eight months of 2008 visitation to Canyonlands National Park was 12.5 percent higher than for the same period in 2007. Canyonlands superintendent Kate Cannon told the Grand County Council on Tuesday that nearly 309,000 visitors have been logged into the park so far this year.

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'Owyhee Canyonlands' offers spectacular view

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In the Land of Canyons - Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States

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Canyonlands National Park, Still A Work in Progress After All These Years

Canyonlands's Cheslar Park is a place of geological whimsy. Kurt Repanshek photo.

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“Boogie” draws skydivers from across the country

The sky above Canyonlands Field Airport was a mosaic of colors this weekend as more than 200 people converged on Moab for the fifth annual “Mother of All Boogies.”

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Canyonlands celebrates National Health Center Week

By Diane Saunders Canyonlands Community Health Care, which has clinics in Safford and Duncan, is joining health centers across the United States to ...

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Why plane crashed in Moab still unknown, NTSB says

... released Friday, said after the Beech A100 crashed into the hilly terrain just a mile away from the Canyonlands Field Airport just after takeoff, ...

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