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MUSEUM of MOAB Monday-Saturday 10Am-6Pm ® PRICELESS GUESTGUIDE® 2016 The Official Guide Book On What To Do And Where To Go™ Park Information u Slickrock Map Colorado River Map u Activities u Real Estate Shopping u Dining u Lodging and More! moabguestguide.com Walker Drug & GENERAL STORE Your old fashioned variety store since 1958 58th YEAR Just what you need- • groceries • the newest toys • fun, trendy clothing • gifts of many sorts • quality sporting goods ... and much more! Ask a local, you’re gonna love this place! 290 South Main Street, Moab • (435) 259-5959 EXCELLENCE! table of contents Trip Advisor rates Red Cliffs Lodge #1 Best Place to stay in Moab Feature Stories Business Listings 7 plus years! Arches National Park ..........................10-11 Activity Chart ............................................54 Canyonlands National Park .............14-15 Dining Chart .............................................. 92 Nearby Parks & Monuments ........... 16-17 Dining .................................................... 94-96 River-front Rooms & Cabins Dead Horse Point State Park ...............18 Activities ..............................................98-99 Private Patios The Colorado River ..................................19 Special Services .....................................100 Horseback Riding Canyon Rims Recreation Area .......20-21 Tastings ....................................................100 Bikes, Rafts, Hiking Desert Tips ..........................................22-25 Shopping .............................................100-101 Exercise Room Cool Things To Do .............................26-32 Art Galleries .............................................. 101 Tennis Courts National Park Service Centennial ......33 Real Estate ................................................ 101 Pool & Hot Tub Golf & Zip Line ..........................................34 Lodging Chart.......................................... 102 Cowboy Grill & Bar Skydiving in Moab ..................................36 Lodging ..................................................... 104 On Site Winery Kids in Moab .......................................38-39 Conventions & Weddings Publisher: Susie Masterson Huge thanks to the invaluable Local Grapes and Hops .........................40 Editor-in-Chief: Helen Masterson GuestGuide team: Road Cycling ....................................... 42-43 Editor: Mercedes Hernandez Kasy Allen Contributing Pat Berger home Castle Creek Photography .............................................46 Writer: Michele Hedlund Janet Engel of 435-259-2002 • 866-812-2002 Sales Manager: Miguel Valdes Beth Headley WINERY Utah Liquor Laws....................................48 Graphic Design: Lauren Graphics, Inc. Steve Mitchell Lauren Klopfenstein WEEKEND GET Louise Powers ST AW E AY Camping ................................................50-51 Matt McKendree Lori Scott B www.redcliffslodge.com Kelli Escalante Hiking ....................................................52-53 Maire Sullivan Mile 14 on Hwy. 128 • Moab, Utah 84532 Rock Climbing ..........................................56 We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the many UTAH individuals not directly connected with GuestGuide® whose assistance Canyoneering .......................................... 57 has been immeasurable in the completion of this edition. River Sports ........................................58-63 Special thank you to Peggy McNeil at the Moab Information Center, Making Movies .........................................66 Michele Hill at the Moab Travel Council, and the BLM Moab Field Office. Without their help, we would be lost. “Southwest Lodge at a Motel Price” Mountain Biking ................................. 74-77 Thanks to Action Shots, Canyon Voyages, Bret Edge, Dan Norris, Erik “Moab’s Best Deal” Art Then and Now ..............................78-79 Stensland, FunTreks, Geoff and Sandy Freethey and Scott Escott with Trail Mix, Miguel Valdes, Moab Jett, Moab Field office of the BLM, Moab 535 South Main Dinosaurs ..................................................80 Film Commission, NAVTEC Expeditions, Skydive Moab, Susie Masterson, Moab, Utah 84532 The La Sals ..........................................82-83 and Tag-A-Long Expeditions for the use of their photos. 435-259-3500 Page 33 photo credit: Courtesy of National Park Service/Lloyd Pierson 800-772- 1972 Page 87 photo credit: Courtesy of National Park Service/Flora Stanley Departments 550 South Main Cover photo by Dan Norris 52 Rooms Publisher’s Note ........................................ 8 Moab, Utah 84532 Showers & RV Dump Stations ............49 This is a publication of GuestGuide Publications®. Pet Rooms 800-325-6171 Copyright 2016 by GuestGuide Publications, LLC®. 435-259-6171 Travel Info.................................................. 87 Moab GuestGuide® is a registered trademark of Kitchenettes Calendar of Events .......................... 88-90 GuestGuide Publications®, publishers of official Picnic & BBQ Patio Important Phone Numbers ...................91 guide books. All rights reserved under U.S. Copyright Laws. No articles, maps, illustrations or other portions of this book may be reproduced in DSL Room Hookup any form without written permission from the publisher. Heated pool Maps GuestGuide Publications® Close to Downtown makes every effort to ensure that Pet rooms Arches National Park ..............................12 information in this publication GUESTGUIDE Cable TV & HBO Road Bike Profiles ..................................44 is correct. The facts and figures Pet Friendly! Close to Downtown ® Hot Tub Colorado River Map ......................62 & 64 appearing in Moab GuestGuide , Bike Friendly! however, can be out of date after Voice mail & DSL Gemini Bridges-Navajo Rocks ............ 67 press time. We regret any errors that Log furniture/58 Rooms The Whole Enchilada Map ....................68 may appear in this publication. ® Coffee makers with coffee MOAB Brand Trails Map .....................70-71 Moab GuestGuide is published annually. Slickrock Trail Map ............................72-73 Refrigerators, microwaves Moab Town Map ................................84-85 For advertising information call Oversize TV with HBO 435-260-0185. RestaurantESTES PARK Moab Area Map ........................................86 G UIDE On site Restaurant www.moabguestguide.com • email: [email protected] www.moabredstone.com www.moabbighorn.com for group sales e-mail Monica at for group sales e-mail Britnie at 6 2016 MOAB GUESTGUIDE® [email protected] [email protected] publisher’snote We all make Having choices is a good thing. Take choices in life. advantage of the choices you have here Choices might in Moab. How about driving roads that be as simple as will take your breath away? Gemini what to eat for dinner or what to wear in Bridges is a tame road and you are the morning. Or they might be difficult: If I awarded with an amazing vista atop two get that promotion, will I have to move? natural bridges. Traveling down Shafer And some choices, of course, involve Trail is something you will never forget. leisure. Or cruise to the top of the La Sal At Moab GuestGuide one of our most Mountains by way of the Scenic Loop. The difficult choices each issue is what to put beauty of the La Sal Mountains is not to on the cover of the publication. With such be ignored. stunning scenery, there are always You can raft or take a boating excursion numerous options. This year our choices anywhere, but a day spent on the were a beautiful image of a balanced Colorado River among the red rock gentle rock, one of red stone spires, an unusual giants is an incomparable experience. view of Delicate Arch and a beautiful shot Moab is the starting point for innumer- of the red stone countryside. But, as you able choices: four-wheel driving, can see, we picked a photo from Dead skydiving, white-water rafting. Or zip Horse Point looking down on the hairpin lining, canoeing, horseback riding, curve cut by the Colorado River. If you climbing, canyoneering and mountain and haven’t visited this spot, make it a road biking. Pick what you haven’t done priority among the things to do in Moab. and do it. The choice is yours. Miguel, owner of Miguel’s Baja Grill, has been with our GuestGuide family from early on as the sales and distribution manager for Moab. Miguel was born and raised in Baja California Sur, Mexico where he was a guide for a sea kayaking and SCUBA diving company. He came to Moab in 1999 and fell in love with the natural diversity of the area. The available activities made the decision to leave Baja and move permanently to Moab easy. Now, he is an avid mountain biker and enjoys sharing his love of the area with visitors. 8 2016 MOAB GUESTGUIDE® turnoff leads to The Windows, the first major concentration of arches and spires. Fiery Furnace is next with good viewpoints from your vehicle. Beyond Fiery Furnace, the road continues past several large arches and ends at Devils Garden. There are NATIONAL PARK numerous pullouts with interpretive signs. The famous Delicate Arch is visible from a side road that leads to historic Wolfe Ranch. Hiking one of the park’s trails is the best way to get to know Arches. There is a full spectrum of hiking trails ranging from short walks (0.2 miles) on nature trails to more adventurous hikes of up to seven miles. Books describing self-guided hikes are available at the visitor center. Devils Garden Campground, located 18 miles from the park entrance, is open year-round. 50 individual
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