Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA

The Canyonlands National Park is a redrock woodcut engraved by wind’s and water’s big, slow chisels.  The overlook from Horse Point State Park provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands’ sculpted pinnacles and buttes.

Canyonlands National Park: Grand View Point Rd, Moab, Utah
Dead Horse Point State Park: UT-313, Moab, Utah

Driving to the Canyonlands National Park

Island in the Sky Visitor Center

Just across a street from the visitor center is a viewpoint of the park.

Spanning view from left to right

The visitor center explains how the canyons were formed.

Out from the visitor center and drove a little bit to another viewpoint.

One can drive down to the bottom with a four-wheel-drive car.

Spanning view from left to right

Drove to another trail point to the most famous arch in the park.  This is a short, less than a mile, and easy trail.

Spanning view from left to right

The arch can be seen here.

This arch looks best with the morning light, not at this time.

One last look

Back to parking lot.

Drove to Green River Overlook

Spanning view from left to right

Another closer look

Drove to Grand View Point

Spanning view from left to right

Another spanning view of the same place.

A trail on the rim of the mesa.

The view from another viewpoint.

Drove out from Canyonland National Park and into Dead Horse Point State Park.  Dead Horse Point State Park is next to the Canyonland National Park.

The viewpoint at the visitor center.

Spanning view from left to right

The blue poor at a distance is a potassium chloride mine.

Drove to Dead Horse Point, where the Colorado River can be seen.

Spanning view from left to right

Drove to a nearby viewpoint.

Spanning view from left to right