Dead Horse Point State Park

Dead Horse Point State Park is located near Moab, UT and sits between Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. It has some of the most breath-taking views that you will find anywhere. The point sits 1500 feet above the Colorado River, which is visible in this photo. Photographs of this view abound (just do a little web searching); this is what it looked like in early evening the day that I was there.

Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park is probably the least visited National Park in Utah, but undeservedly so, especially if you like to hike. It gets its name from two features associated with the terrain. The Capitol part of the name comes from the many dome-like formations, one of which is shown here, that look like the caps on many capitol buildings around the United States. The Reef part of the name comes from the long reef-like wall that runs many miles north and south, which make passage east to west rather difficult.

Cedar Breaks Wild Flowers

Cedar Breaks is a national momument east of Cedar City. To get there you simply follow Rte. 14 east until you hit Rte. 148, and then you go left. While this national monument is best know for the rock formations in its spectacular amplitheatre, there is plenty of natural beauty on a much smaller scale to be found here also. Along the Alpine Pond Trail is a stunning collection of wild flowers. Shown here is Parry Primrose, one of the many varieties of wild flowers to be found along the trail.

Kolob Canyon Vista

One view of Kolob Canyon from the short trail at the end of the drive that leads into the canyon. Kolob Canyon is a little visited part of Zion National Park. If you are staying in Cedar City and have a couple of hours it is well worth the short trip to check out the scenery.