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Photo by Jake Campos Fotoproduktion Campos Jake by Photo [email protected] utahscanyoncountry.com trading post. trading 800-574-4386 | 435-587-3235 discovermoab.com 84535 UT Monticello 490, Box PO 435-259-8825 US163 and County Rd. 421. Allow 2 hours to visit the museum and and museum the visit to hours 2 Allow 421. Rd. County and US163 County Juan San - Country Canyon Utah’s 84532 UT Moab, film, Earth Spirit. Lodging, campground. 2 miles W of the junction of of junction the of W miles 2 campground. Lodging, Spirit. Earth film, tours, Navajo arts & crafts, a restaurant, and evening showings of the the of showings evening and restaurant, a crafts, & arts Navajo tours, Kane Gulch, signed. Allow 3 hrs to multiple days. multiple to hrs 3 Allow signed. Gulch, Kane from the film She Wore A Yellow Ribbon is here. The lodge offers offers lodge The here. is Ribbon Yellow A Wore She film the from Cedar Mesa area. Detailed maps are recommended. Ranger station at at station Ranger recommended. are maps Detailed area. Mesa Cedar on the Navajo people and the films made in the valley. The cabin cabin The valley. the in made films the and people Navajo the on Station is a 5 hour hike. Many day hikes are possible throughout the the throughout possible are hikes day Many hike. hour 5 a is Station offers a museum in the original 1926 residence with special emphasis emphasis special with residence 1926 original the in museum a offers (435-587-1500). Access to Grand Gulch from Kane Gulch Ranger Ranger Gulch Kane from Gulch Grand to Access (435-587-1500). Nestled at the foot of towering sandstone cliffs, Goulding’s Lodge Lodge Goulding’s cliffs, sandstone towering of foot the at Nestled contact us at: us contact Gouldings Lodge / Trading Post/Museum Trading / Lodge Gouldings BLM. the from permit a requires camping and horseback, or For more information on Southeastern Utah Utah Southeastern on information more For foot to restricted is Travel artifacts. and structures, archaeological This canyon, cut into Cedar Mesa, shelters petroglyphs, pictographs, pictographs, petroglyphs, shelters Mesa, Cedar into cut canyon, This The Ancestral Puebloans inhabited this area over 700 years ago. ago. years 700 over area this inhabited Puebloans Ancestral The Area Primitive Gulch Grand day. full a to hours 2 Allow 421. Rd. County and US163 available. 24 miles SW of Mexican Hat and 1 mile E of the junction of of junction the of E mile 1 and Hat Mexican of SW miles 24 available. about the Navajo people and land they call home. Arts & crafts are are crafts & Arts home. call they land and people Navajo the about The center offers information, camping, a restaurant, and tours. Learn Learn tours. and restaurant, a camping, information, offers center The Navajo Tribal Park Visitor Center Visitor Park Tribal Navajo Mexican Hat via US163, US261, and U316. Allow 1 hr. 1 Allow U316. and US261, US163, via Hat Mexican and layers are easily seen. Camping & fees. No water. 9 Miles NW of of NW Miles 9 water. No fees. & Camping seen. easily are layers and raw. Eons of geologic activity are on view. The canyon is 1,500 ft deep deep ft 1,500 is canyon The view. on are activity geologic of Eons raw. Lake Powell. The park offers visitors a close-up view of geology in the the in geology of view close-up a visitors offers park The Powell. Lake weaver at work, and visit the movie museum. movie the visit and work, at weaver covering more than 6 miles while advancing less than 2 miles toward toward miles 2 than less advancing while miles 6 than more covering see the film “Earth Spirit”, eat at a table with a view, see a Navajo Navajo a see view, a with table a at eat Spirit”, “Earth film the see small park its name and spectacular views. The river twists and turns, turns, and twists river The views. spectacular and name its park small center or from Goulding’s Lodge. Visit the original trading post, trading original the Visit Lodge. Goulding’s from or center The longest entrenched river meander in North America gives this this gives America North in meander river entrenched longest The Goosenecks State Park State Goosenecks tours leave from the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park visitor visitor Park Tribal Navajo Valley Monument the from leave tours stunning scenery, is to take a tour with a native guide. Guided guide. native a with tour a take to is scenery, stunning Navajo people it is home. The best way to see the valley and the the and valley the see to way best The home. is it people Navajo landscape and the location of many movies. To the To movies. many of location the and landscape . 4,350 Elevation: 26. Population: Trips. River Juan San for Monument Valley, known world-wide, is the quintessential western western quintessential the is world-wide, known Valley, Monument VALLEY MONUMENT NEAR is home to several trading posts, motels, restaurants, and is a launch site site launch a is and restaurants, motels, posts, trading several to home is inverted sandstone sombrero which is north of the town. The community community The town. the of north is which sombrero sandstone inverted Point. Muley for hour 1 Dugway, the for hours 2 Allow surface) Nestled amid deep red sandstone cliffs, Mexican Hat is named for the the for named is Hat Mexican cliffs, sandstone red deep amid Nestled Muley Point: 18 miles NW of Mexican Hat (Co Rd 241- native native 241- Rd (Co Hat Mexican of NW miles 18 Point: Muley NEAR MEXICAN HAT MEXICAN NEAR Canyon. Dugway: 13 miles NW of Mexican Hat on US 261. 261. US on Hat Mexican of NW miles 13 Dugway: Canyon. miles west of Bluff. Allow 3 hours for cursory exploration. cursory for hours 3 Allow Bluff. of west miles offers another great view from the canyon’s edge into John’s John’s into edge canyon’s the from view great another offers to travel along it to the river to bypass its height. Located 7.5 7.5 Located height. its bypass to river the to it along travel to distance Monument Valley on the southern horizon. Muley Point Point Muley horizon. southern the on Valley Monument distance presented an impassable barrier to the pioneers who were forced forced were who pioneers the to barrier impassable an presented top are worth the trip. Views of Valley of the Gods and in the the in and Gods the of Valley of Views trip. the worth are top willing to search. Comb Ridge, on the eastern side of the wash, wash, the of side eastern the on Ridge, Comb search. to willing mind heights, the views from the road and the overlook at the the at overlook the and road the from views the heights, mind its length are Ancestral Puebloan ruins and rock art for those those for art rock and ruins Puebloan Ancestral are length its Hat, the Moki Dugway is an 11% grade on gravel. If you don’t don’t you If gravel. on grade 11% an is Dugway Moki the Hat, from the Abajo Mountains to the San Juan River. Hidden along along Hidden River. Juan San the to Mountains Abajo the from haulers from the mines on Cedar Mesa to the mill near Mexican Mexican near mill the to Mesa Cedar on mines the from haulers Comb Wash is a deep, wide canyon splitting the landscape landscape the splitting canyon wide deep, a is Wash Comb uranium boom by Texas Zinc Minerals to provide a route for ore ore for route a provide to Minerals Zinc Texas by boom uranium Comb Wash Comb to provide a path for transport. Built in the 1950s during the the during 1950s the in Built transport. for path a provide to A “dugway” is a road or trail along a hillside which is dug out out dug is which hillside a along trail or road a is “dugway” A Moki Dugway / Muley Point Muley / Dugway Moki Allow 1 hour for rock art panel. art rock for hour 1 Allow Area. Launch Boat Island Sand at Bluff of W miles 4 Located Guide Do & See from U261 8 miles NW of Mexican Hat. Allow 3 hours. 3 Allow Hat. Mexican of NW miles 8 U261 from . mythology southwestern of player flute backed hump the Kokopelli, high clearance vehicles. Entrance from US163 12 miles W of Bluff or or Bluff of W miles 12 US163 from Entrance vehicles. clearance high of images multiple reveals panel petroglyph large a where Island Southeastern Utah Southeastern and fall when temperatures are cooler. Native surface road suitable for for suitable road surface Native cooler. are temperatures when fall and Sand at Campground river. the along history human and natural the on Lady, and Battleship Butte. The perfect place for a tour in the spring spring the in tour a for place perfect The Butte. Battleship and Lady, focus operators Tour ride. coaster roller unexpected an provide which sandstone formations with fanciful names like Seven Sailors, Southern Southern Sailors, Seven like names fanciful with formations sandstone waves” “sand harbors water, active of stretches few a only with river, Valley of the Gods, a miniature Monument Valley, is home to towering towering to home is Valley, Monument miniature a Gods, the of Valley quiet This Hills. Clay to on and Mexican to Bluff from travel trips Float Valley of the Gods the of Valley River Juan San The NEAR MOAB for easy access to parks & monuments.
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