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Show D MILES NORTH-WEST OF M0A.B, 21 MILES OFF HIGHWAY 160 IS DBAD HOUSE POINT, OVERLOOKING WHAT IS PERHAPS THE MOST SENSATIONAL CANYON PANORAMA IN UTAH -THE UPPER CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THE POINT IS SHAPED LIKE A BLUNT ARROW HEAD, WITH A NECK ABOUT 30 YARDS WIDE, AND THE WIDEST PART OF THE PEKININSULA 400 YARDS ACROSS. THE SIDES OF THE MESA DROP 1,000 FEET INTO YAWNING GORGES AT THE TIP OF THE MESA THE RIVER IS SOME 3,000 BREATHLESS FEET BELOW FROM THIS POINT ONE CAN SEE AN ESTIMATED 5,000 SQUARE MILES OF THE RED AND RUGGED COLORADO PLATEAU AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS 6- CANYONS. THE POINT IS NAMED FROM A BAND OF WILD DESERT PONIES WHICH DIED OF THIRST WHILE LOST ON THE PENNINSULA. |