Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Moab, Utah
Visited: April 19, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 192 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
75,000+ scenic acres of red. Red dirt, red sandstone, red rocks and one of the world’s largest concentrations of natural arches. They are red, too.
BEAUTY (8/10)
The density of amazing rock formations and sandstone arches is a little overwhelming. The freakish beauty and [...]
Posted in National Parks, tagged Arches, Backcountry, Canyons, Grand Circle, great campsites, Hiking, Shuttle Bus, Utah on April 21, 2005 | 5 Comments »
near Springdale, Utah
Visited: September 25, 2004
Second Visit: April 21, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 102 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
229 square miles of beautiful scenery centered around the profound steep gorges shaped by the Virgin River and its tributaries with a little help from geological uplift.
BEAUTY (10/10)
Zion NP shares the same breathtaking landscape as its [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
near Monticello, Utah
Visited: April 14, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 191 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Desolate, inhospitable land of tremendous beauty created by the Colorado plateau uplift and the incredible erosive powers of the Colorado and Green Rivers.
The confluence of these two potent rivers splits the Park into three distinct areas: the Maze, the Needles and the [...]
Posted in National Monument on April 18, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Blanding, Utah
Visited: April 13, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 190 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Three towering natural bridges, topographic anomalies caused by the erosive powers of swift moving rivers. Teddy Roosevelt named Natural Bridges Utah’s first National Park Site in 1908, a notable honor of distinction in a state so replete with geographic wonders.
BEAUTY (9/10)
Standing directly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
near Blanding, Utah
Visited: April 13, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 189 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
A series of 1,000-year old Ancestral Pueblo ruins noted by an assortment of multi-shaped stone towers.
BEAUTY (6/10)
The Square Tower ruins (the only easily accessible ruins) line the rims of the shallow Little Ruin Canyon. The stone ruins towers have square, circular and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Cortez, Colo.
Visited: April 11, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 187 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Numerous Ancestral Puebloan ruins situated in, on and around towering mesas situated in a piñon and juniper forest. The Site and its ruins trace Native American life on the mesas from its humble beginnings in A.D. 550 to the culture’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Aztec, N.Mex.
Visited: April 8, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 186 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
11th-century ancestral Puebloan ruin influenced by the dominant architectures of the earlier Chacoan style and the later Mesa Verdean style. The Site is home to a massive reconstructed Great Kiva.
BEAUTY (7/10)
Aztec Ruins is located in the town of Aztec, N.Mex. down [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
northwestern N.Mex.
Visited: April 7, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 185 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The place believed to be the center of the Ancestral Puebloan world for nearly 400 years, from the 9th through the 13th centuries. The Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consists of numerous freestanding ruins displaying architectural mastery and brilliant engineering.
BEAUTY [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Los Alamos, N.Mex.
Visited: April 6, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 184 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Ruins of 12th through 16th-century Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and freestanding villages situated at the bottom of Frijoles Canyon and tucked between the sheer cliffs of forested plateaus.
BEAUTY (7/10)
You approach Bandelier NM on New Mexico Route 4 along the top of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Watrous, N.Mex.
Visited: April 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 183 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Ruins of a remote fort built in 1851 to protect travelers along the Santa Fe Trail from hostile Indians.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Fort Union NM is very photogenic, as evidenced by its appearance on the 2003 National Parks Pass. The big blue skies and ribbony clouds [...]
