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Show This is immense, rugged country. Country where monolithic stone arches and jagged formations leap at the sky. Country caught between the fingers of wind and water that wears away the weaker stone, leaving awesome sculptures to contend with time. Words yvjll notelways describe what nature has' wrought... you will want. to' ' capture it pictures for those who have not experienced thegrahde'ur of Ganyorflaods.. .. feeUt.suiv BuCyou wHI .seejt wjtb your-ee- s much as two and a half miles thick. Under pressure from hundreds of feet of rock, the salt rises into faults and weak spots, warping the surface upward. As the rock strata cracks, water seeps in and dissolves . the salt, causing the surface to drpp. This heaving process, .combined with erosion. from wind and rain, created the wonders of. this area.' . r ' .... 4. SCENIC MOUNTAIN LOOP. A spectacular con . i.dnjfe tfiaYiilustratS& in-- . . ,. TpuncLyou with it$ ttmetessness'.'. It' is country! ho.fvAoorV v. ' - v - . . v rrvhi inioir - ' "1 " WeH-equipp- 7. UPHEAVAL DOME. West of Dead Horse Point, this geologically unique sandstone crater sinks 1,000 feet into the gqund 8. GRANDVIEW POINT. Accessible by dirt road, this point offers a panoramic view of the Green and Colorado Rivers as they 0 churn through the depths of Canyonlands National Park. Gateway to the "Great Circle of the Southwest and the Canyonlands and Arches National Paries. Its history abounds 1. MOAB. accounts of pioneer hardships, encounters with Indians and famous cattle rustlers. Moab offers excellent air, jeep and river tours of the Canyonlands area. 2. FISHER TOWERS. The scenic drive to Fisher Towers on Highway 128 follows the Colorado River and has often been used as a setting for Hollywood productions. The Fisher Towers are a dazzling series of red rock spires soaring 1,500 feet above the with V valley floor. 3. CASTLE VALLEY. Below this valley resides a salt deposit as big as Maryland and as SpitAa. IV. -- 4 . 9. MONUMENT CANYON. Accessible tey jeep only. Gigantic red rock formations at the area where the Green and Colorado Rivers meet. ''v- -j ' Blanptltg 'Ai.stWtfafi RltlNJ '. $!$,- - ' , OF . . , .4 , t staj:tiBg point f6r this toUr Indian ruins jiant storie ' cave'-drawings- ., 2. CANYON RIM RECREATION AREA. Windwhistle and Hatch Point offer camping and water. Spectacular views are available at Needles Overlook" (accessible by paved road) and Anticline Overlook (16 miles on graveled road). 3. CHURCH ROCK. A gigantic stone monolith that rises directly out of the desert, resembling a church. 4. INDIAN CREEK STATE PARK. Here youll find Newspaper Rock. The inscriptions cut into this sandstonecliff muralspan about 1,000 years, from figures carved by ancient Indians to those carved more recently by Utes and early white settlers. Primitive campgrounds with toilets, picnic tables and grills. No water. 5. SQUAW SPRINGS CAMPGROUNDS AND PARK NATIONAL HEAD- QUARTERS. Camping, water and Park Information Station. 6. ELEPHANT HILL. An extremely rugged and scenic jeep trail offers an excellent 2 v.V,. that includes prehistoric mou.ntdins, spectacular, eroded formations and natural bridges. CANYONLANDS Arches National Park n .E9RS... D(?E n j V n v. reamed fora - TWO TANK 2 X. bandoT wild hcffses appdct on the'poiht;S .hWaf oorrfC$o lng thp.-V ey. died of thirstr If is ah ptmost slartvje'sfar,' with.-aoverlo6k 2000 feet Joyc'a' sfjgCT waH .to the Colorado Rlvri;jfid'.." T r , j?4,dyn .a panorama of hundreds of miles of canyons.. v. " and buttes with the La Sal Mpuntains in visifors the background. center and museum. . i V- rtrf WE4pH6RSJ?6.INSfAT6,PABK: . . fl TOUR ' |