Canyonlands National Park
Canyonland National Park is one of the “Big Five” national parks in Utah, the others being Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef and Zion. It’s hard to argue against the appeal of the natural arches in Arches and the absolutely spectacular, well, everything in Zion, but for me the views of the vast expanse that surrounds Canyonlands is my favorite in the bunch. My two visits to Canyonlands took place throughout the Island In The Sky area of the park that separates contains the canyon formed by the Colorado River on the east and the canyon formed by the Green River on the west.
Image Gallery
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- Shafer Canyon Overlook Canyonlands National Park is so big and I could only stay for a few photographs because Arches is so popular and I was worried about getting locked out again.
- Shafer Canyon Overlook Check-out the road there on the right. Yikes.
- Canyonlands Eastern View The eastern view is amazing. You can see how the plateau slopes down to the canyons below.
- Buck Canyon Detail
- Look, Ma! For some reason, I wasn't bothered by the heights. It felt like being in outer space. You're SO high up that it doesn't feel like it.
- Grand View Point Overlook In this picture, you can see where the eastern side of Island In The Sky (on the left), that contains the Colorado River, meets the western side (on the right), that contains the Green River. The rivers converge beyond Junction Butte in the middle of the picture.
- Bronica With Buck Canyon I shot a lot of pictures with the Bronica, especially with the telephoto lens.
- Buck Canyon
- Snake and Mouse Tracks I really love finding these in the sand.
- Aztec Butte On the top right edge of the butte, you can see people walking up the correct path.
- Aztec Butte
- Shafer Canyon Cool to see this in the late-afternoon, as opposed to the sunrise.
- Nope This is still a no for me, dog.
Video Gallery
- Shafer Canyon View Location View east from the Island in the Sky Visitor Center.
- Shafer Canyon Description View Location While shooting some video, I noticed Shafer Canyon Road below me. Not sure I'd ever give that a shot.
- Grand View Point Trail Tour Short tour of the eastern side of Canyonlands National Park off the Grand View Point Trail.
- Grand View Point Trail Finale Ultimate end of the Grand View Point Trail in Canyonlands National Park where the eastern and western sides of the plateau meet.
- This Is Not My Jam... At All While climbing Aztec Butte in Canyonlands National Park, I took a wrong turn.
- Aztec Butte Explanation An explanation of where I was hiking on Aztec Butte In Canyonlands National Park.
- Shafer Canyon Shafer Canyon near the visitors center in Canyonlands National Park. Watch the jeep drive the rim road.
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