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NPS Units
ARCHES National Park
- many arches and other sandstone formations
BRYCE CANYON National Park
- delicately sculptured orange and pink rocks
CANYONLANDS National Park
- vast area of remote and spectacular canyon country
CAPITOL REEF National Park
- steep cliffs and canyons, with rocks of many colours and forms
CEDAR BREAKS National Monument
- high multicolored eroded cliff face
DINOSAUR National Monument
- many fossilised bones and remote canyons
GLEN CANYON National Recreation Area
- spectacular desert region with red rock canyons, centred around Lake Powell
HOVENWEEP National Monument
- ancient ruins in remote country close to the Colorado border
TIMPANOGOS CAVE National Monument
- central attraction of Timpanogos Mountains
NATURAL BRIDGES National Monument
- three large natural bridges in canyon country
ZION National Park
- huge sandstone cliffs and sheer, narrow canyons
Bryce Canyon National Park
Sunrise Point
Other Major Scenic Places
DEAD HORSE POINT State Park
- high promontory overlooking Colorado River canyons
FLAMING GORGE National Recreation Area
- dramatic red cliffs above a large artificial lake
GOBLIN VALLEY State Park
- thousands of strangely-shaped formations
GRAND STAIRCASE - ESCALANTE National Monument
- great expanse of scenic wilderness, with narrow canyons and countless rock formations
KODACHROME BASIN State Park
- eroded cliffs and narrow spires
MONUMENT VALLEY
- world-famous red rock buttes and mesas
MOUNT TIMPANOGOS Region
- scenic area of the Wasatch Mountains
RED CANYON
- eroded formations near Bryce Canyon
SNOW CANYON State Park
- red rocks, white cliffs and black lava
Monument Valley
US 163 approaching Monument Pass
Miscellaneous Locations
Canyon Rims Recreation Area
- vast wilderness east of Canyonlands
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
- miles of colorful shifting sands
Dark Canyon
- wild, lengthy, branched canyon complex with difficult access
Dixie National Forest
- large areas of scenic land in the southwest
Escalante State Park
- petrified wood and a reservoir
Goosenecks State Park
- entrenched meanders of the San Juan River
Little Sahara Recreation Area
- extensive sand dunes in a remote corner of Utah
Mexican Hat
- small settlement at the centre of some dramatic landscapes
Paria Rimrocks
- colorful strata and strangely shaped rocks
Salt Lake Desert
- endless stretches of white desert
San Rafael Swell
- scenic, little known part of central Utah
Valley of the Gods
- small scale version of Monument Valley
Many narrow canyons in Utah are described in the
Slot Canyon
section, including
Buckskin Gulch
and the
Paria River
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Great Salt Lake Desert
Water on the Salt Lake Desert
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