I was so pleasantly surprised when my friends and I visited Canyonlands earlier this year. I hadn’t heard much about it, but it was absolutely stunning. We saw some wildlife, and the scenery was breathtaking. Thank you so much to everyone who works to support and maintain these amazing spaces!
Sincerely,
Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park preserves an immense desert wilderness sculpted by the Green and Colorado rivers and featuring hundreds of colorful canyons, mesas, buttes, fins, arches and spires. The Island in the Sky District is the most accessible and popular section of the park — a mesa with spectacular views of the surrounding canyons. The Needles is a vaster territory below the Island in the Sky where visitors can hike among the sandstone spires and breathtaking rocks.
State(s): Utah
Established: 1964
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
Park rangers at the visitor center are very friendly and provide important information on current off road trail conditions. Rangers assured me my Subaru outback Wilderness would do well on Long Canyon Trail. They were right and I had the time of my life.
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
In August of 2023, my boyfriend and I visited Canyonlands National Park on a whim. No planning, we didn’t even know we would end up here until we were on our way. We packed for a weekend of camping to celebrate my birthday and hit the road! Originally we figured…
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
After surviving breast and ovarian cancer,and our 25 year wedding anniversary ,my husband and I decided to complete our love of nature by resuming our national park adventures. Life is meant to be lived and no better place than our national parks. Despite my limitations I’m determined to try and…
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