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Show 'V.'--- -- V;i;r--vf''.fl.v ! -"r". r fr ' s The picturesque mil fence and green meadows of Castle Valley Roach are the first things s.-en when entering Castle Valley from is lower end. Twelve mile long Porcupine Rim soars high above the ranch, an almost arrow-straight wall of Wingate sandstone reaching from the Colorado River to the base of the LaSal Mountains. Moun-tains. (Photos by F. A. Barnes) Picturesque Castle Valley Draws Visitors Like Gigantic Magnet V r a;:'. j '--; V" 7 -7 - .-7-,.J7 Parriott Mesa, known also as Castle R1, is a towering, sheer-walled mea that from this angle resembles tie vertical walls and sloping lower escarpments of an impregnable medieval me-dieval castle. The castle guards the lower end of Castle Valley. is " - . .'-J7v-..-.'- '.' - ' '. 7- . J'-"''J' 7 ' 777-. ' 7'-r-7 7-'-' 7"'7 - ' - . . - .--'. -"-.'- - .-.. -. ' ' . ' ' 7 -7: -.:; ,;;.:-f:-y:'- 'v , guest ranch in the upper end of Castle Valley of-fer of-fer a chance to view the massive beauty of the valley BY FRAN BARNES Viewed from almost any angle, Castle Valley and the spectacular features that border it on all sides should be a national or state park. It has everything that a park should have outstanding out-standing and unique scenic attractions, natural and human hu-man historic values, natural natur-al boundaries, plenty of good water, ready access by paved road and it is relatively unspoiled, as yet, by unsightly human developments. devel-opments. Castle Valley features can be viewed and enjoyed from many directions, many angles, ang-les, many distances. The commonest of these is from the paved road that travels the length of the twelve mile long, rock-walled rock-walled valley. Fifteen miles from U.S. 153 on Utah 128, a paved road turns into the colorful by horseback. Several jeep trails also offer outstanding outstand-ing views of the valley from lofty vantage points. mouth of Castle Valley. From this junction, the scope of the broad valley is obscured by dark red slopes of Mocnkopi sediments. sedi-ments. The road soon climbs through these strange hills, passing within sight of several pieces of the ld road, with its rock and log fills and steel cable safety barriers. At the summit of this short climb, the full scope of Castle Valley's beauty suddenly appears. Lovely Castle Valley Ranch lies to the right, with its picturesque pictur-esque rail fences, its green, cattle-dotted meadows and its ranch buildings set In groves of giant cottonwoods, all at the base of a high, colorful bluff of red and white sandstone. More green, cultivated meadows come next in the Continued on Page B2 |
