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Sep 07 2024
Best Things to Do in Canyonlands National Park: Hikes, Viewpoints & Scenic Drives
Canyonlands National Park is one of the largest and wildest landscapes in Utah, a sprawling maze of sandstone cliffs, deep river canyons, natural arches, towering rock spires, high mesas, ancient rock art, and remote backcountry roads. The Colorado and Green rivers divide the park into distinct districts, each offering a very different experience. That geography …
Sep 07 2024
The Maze in Canyonlands National Park: 4WD Roads, Hikes & Backcountry Guide
The Maze is the wildest and least accessible district of Canyonlands National Park, a remote labyrinth of sandstone canyons, mesas, buttes, rock towers, technical four-wheel-drive roads, primitive hiking routes, ancient rock art, and expansive stretches of desert where travelers must be prepared to solve their own problems. This is not another version of Island in …
Sep 07 2024
The Needles in Canyonlands National Park
The Needles is one of the most rewarding parts of Canyonlands National Park for travelers who want to move beyond roadside overlooks and experience the park on foot. Located in the southeastern corner of Canyonlands, the district takes its name from the colorful sandstone spires that rise in clusters across the landscape, creating a maze …
Sep 06 2024
Sunrise Point in Bryce Canyon National Park: Views, Trails & Visitor Guide
Sunrise Point is one of the signature viewpoints of Bryce Canyon National Park, offering a sweeping look across the hoodoos, fins, badlands, and colorful cliffs of the Bryce Amphitheater. Perched at roughly 8,100 feet above sea level, the viewpoint sits along the northern side of the amphitheater and provides one of the easiest places in …
Sep 06 2024
Sunset Point in Bryce Canyon National Park: Views, Trails & Visitor Guide
Sunset Point is one of the most spectacular overlooks in Bryce Canyon National Park, offering an expansive view across the Bryce Amphitheater and some of the park’s most famous hoodoos. From the rim at approximately 8,000 feet above sea level, visitors can look directly into a maze of orange, pink, white, and red rock towers …
Sep 06 2024
The Vibrant Coral Reefs of Biscayne National Park
Biscayne National Park protects a landscape unlike almost any other national park in the United States. Instead of mountains, forests, or desert canyons dominating the scenery, most of Biscayne lies beneath clear subtropical water. About 95 percent of the park is water, and beyond its mangrove shoreline, shallow Biscayne Bay, and chain of islands lies …
Sep 05 2024
Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park: Hiking Guide, Views & What to Expect
The Lost Mine Trail is one of the best introductions to the Chisos Mountains and one of the most rewarding moderate hikes in Big Bend National Park. In just under five miles round trip, the trail climbs through oak, juniper, and pine woodland before reaching a high ridge with sweeping views across Pine Canyon, Juniper …
Sep 05 2024
Wildlife of Badlands National Park: Bison, Bighorn Sheep, Prairie Dogs & More
Badlands National Park may be famous for its sharply eroded buttes, striped cliffs, pinnacles, and fossil beds, but much of the park is actually a vast mixed-grass prairie filled with wildlife. American bison graze across rolling grasslands, bighorn sheep balance on steep badlands formations, black-tailed prairie dogs build sprawling underground towns, and pronghorn move across …
Sep 05 2024
Notch Trail in Badlands National Park: Ladder, Views & Hiking Guide
Notch Trail is one of the most adventurous and recognizable hikes in Badlands National Park. The short route winds through an eroded canyon, reaches a steep cable-and-log ladder, climbs onto a narrow ledge, and finishes at a natural opening known as the Notch, where hikers are rewarded with a broad view across the White River …
Sep 04 2024
Arches National Park’s Devils Garden
Devils Garden is one of the most remarkable areas in Arches National Park, combining some of the park’s longest and most delicate arches with towering sandstone fins, narrow ridges, open desert views, and one of the most adventurous trail systems in Utah. Located at the northern end of the paved park road, Devils Garden can …
