Highway 128 in Utah makes up the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway. This road runs 44 miles from just north of Moab to I-70.
Dead Horse Point State Park provides some of the most dramatic views in Utah. It’s located near the entrance to Canyonlands National Park’s Island in the Sky district and also not too far from Arches National Park and the town of Moab.
Just past the Island in the Sky visitor center at Canyonlands National Park in Utah is the Shafer Canyon Overlook. It sits along Grand View Point Road.
Mesa Arch is one of at least 80 arches at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. It’s located along Grand View Point Road in the Island in the Sky unit, near the intersection with Upheaval Dome Road.
Grand View Point Trail is one of the most popular trails at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. It’s located in the Island in the Sky district at the Grand View Point Overlook, which is at the very end of Grand View Point Road.
Grand View Point Road is the main road through the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Several viewpoints and trailheads sit along the road.
I will never get tired of the views at Green River Overlook. This viewpoint is one of the most spectacular scenes at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. It’s located in the Island in the Sky district of the park.
Six miles down Grand View Point Road from the Island in the Sky visitor center at Canyonlands National Park, you can right turn on Upheaval Dome Road. This road leads to a few great viewpoints and trails.
The Monitor and Merrimac are two buttes towering 600 ft. above the Utah desert. They were named after their resemblance to the two Civil War ironclad ships whose epic naval battle forever changed maritime warfare.
Devil’s Garden is one of the trails I had set as a goal to finish on my long day at Arches National Park. With an extremely late start and losing two hours in the afternoon by having to return to Moab, it didn’t quite work out the way I wanted, but we were still able to complete a short part of the trail.