Show Udall Envisions Golden Circle of Parks entered Centered in Southeastern Port Part of Utah Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. L Udall has drawn an imaginary line around some Bome of the nations nation's most spectacular national parks and monuments and has called it the Colden Golden Circle It embraces the Four Corners Comers area of the United States that unique spot where four states Utah states Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico are Mexico are Joined With the circle are 16 established national parks and monuments and Just outside within an easy drive are eight others Secretary Udall s 5 said a t I d he hes s strongly t r o 0 n g l I y supports President Kennedys Kennedy's statement that the United States needs an accelerated accelerated accelerated program of park and recreation recreation rec rec- recreation area acquisition to meet the pressures of a fast growing population and of greater leisure leisure lei lei- sure time With this In mind the secretary and a company of 35 made a five-day five boat boat hell Jeep copter-Jeep reconnaissance n of Utah's beautiful rock red-rock canyon canyon canyon can can- yon country It was on this trip around a campfire at Anderson Bottom along the Green River that Udall evolved the idea of the Golden Circle to Include what J he called the greatest concentration concentration concen concen- of scenic wonders to be J I found in the country if not Inthe in inthe inthe the world Within the circle are rainbow and sunset hued j I canyons majestic spires and weird erosion formations deep gorges r rivers I v e r s mountains deserts and prehistoric Indian ruins Within that part of Utah Included In Included Included In- In In the circle are Bryce and Zion National Parks and Arches Capitol Ref C Cedar e d a r Breaks Natural Bridges and Rainbow Bridge National Monuments men ments all ments-all all ts-all all c colorful 0 lor f u 1 highly scenic canyon and erosion coun coun- try In National Monument which straddles the Utah-Colorado Utah line are torte pueblos and cliff cUff dwellings A potential national park cen- cen l on the junction of the Green and Colorado Rivers Is currently being considered by bythe bythe bythe the National Park Service In Colorado Mesa Verde National National Na Na- Park which Park which has the best preserved cliff dwellings in the United States States lies lies lies within the circle Just outside the circle are Colorado National Monument Monument Monument ment and Black Canyon of the GunnIson National Monument Adjacent to the circle In New Mexico are Aztec Ruins Chaco Canyon and El EI Morro National Monuments Both the famed Grand Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon National Park and the new new- ly formed Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are within the circle In Arizona as are the following National Monuments Canyon de Chelly prehistoric Indian ruins as well as modern modem Navajo homes and farms Navajo Pipe Springs an historic Mormon fort forU and Sunset Crater Nearby but Just outside are Lake Mead National National Na Na- Recreation Area and Grand Canyon Walnut Canyon and Petrified Forest National National Na Monuments Sweeping through both Anzona ArIzona Arizona Ari ArI- zona and Utah is Monument Valley with its spires and monolithic formations part formations part of which is established as a Navajo Tribal Park Secretary U Udall d a 11 visualizes roads connecting this galaxy of scenic areas to make them readily readily read read- ily lly accessible for those seeking recreation or adventure The Navajo Trail which connects Mesa Verde in Colorado with the Grand Canyon and Monument Monument Monument ment Valley Jn In Utah and ArIzona Arizona Arizona Ari ArI- zona is being paved and will soon be open for traffic to the Navajo Indian Reservation Reservation Reservation Reser Reser- and to the Far West |