Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
Location: southern Utah
Date: April 17, 2011
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah is another area that I only briefly visited, but would like to spend more time in. Located between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon national parks and created in 1996, Grand Staircase encompasses nearly two million acres of Bureau of Land Management lands, making it the largest national monument.
With so much land, there are countless recreation opportunities here often with far fewer visitors than in the nearby national parks. This is a landscape of plateaus and canyons, including slot canyons, natural arches, badlands, and waterfalls.
For most people, their experience with the monument is along state route 12, which runs through the monument and has been designated an All-American Highway. My favorite views along this road where to the east of and overlooking Calf Creek Canyon.
© Copyright 2017 Matthew Pintar. All rights reserved.
Date: April 17, 2011
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| Calf Creek Canyon |
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah is another area that I only briefly visited, but would like to spend more time in. Located between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon national parks and created in 1996, Grand Staircase encompasses nearly two million acres of Bureau of Land Management lands, making it the largest national monument.
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| Grand Staircase-Escalante |
With so much land, there are countless recreation opportunities here often with far fewer visitors than in the nearby national parks. This is a landscape of plateaus and canyons, including slot canyons, natural arches, badlands, and waterfalls.
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| Calf Creek Canyon |
For most people, their experience with the monument is along state route 12, which runs through the monument and has been designated an All-American Highway. My favorite views along this road where to the east of and overlooking Calf Creek Canyon.
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| Cactus in bloom |
© Copyright 2017 Matthew Pintar. All rights reserved.
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