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2282 S. West Resource Blvd
Moab, UT 84532
435-719-2313
In the far southern reaches of Utah, the Colorado and Green Rivers carve the high desert into a labyrinth of red-rock canyons that are sheer ecstasy for the hiker, mountain biker, and whitewater adventurer. The park is broken into three distinct districts - Island in the Sky , The Needles and The Maze . The vast landscape offers hundred-mile vistas of rust-colored pinnacles, high mesas, sculpted buttes, sandstone spires, and sheer crimson cliffs.The final scene of the film Thelma and Louise was filmed just outside of Island of the Sky . Actor John Wayne and director John Ford are among the film personalities who came to the red-rock country of Utah to shoot Hollywood Westerns, forever searing this landscape into the mind of the public. While Canyonlands is the largest national park in Utah (three times as big as Zion), it sees far fewer visitors than its cousins Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Zion. With the right timing and a bit of ingenuity, you can have the best of this sublime rock world to yourself.
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