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Featured Utah locations are listed below, and shown on the Utah map - these are the most scenic places in the state, and include arches, canyons, lakes, mountains, ancient ruins and eroded rock formations. Alternatively, see the full listings of all national parks, monuments, recreation areas and historic sites, national forests and state parks in Utah.

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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 ParkSunrise 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 ValleyUS 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.

Great Salt Lake DesertWater on the Salt Lake Desert