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Show soft Eye Popping Sights in Castle Country iu !Miils( 9. The Wedge Overlook -It looks down from one thousand feet above the San Rafael River offering a matchless view of redrock canyons and massive buttes. 10. Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry and Visitor Center -- Castle Country was once the shoreline of a vast inland sea, where Irop idj forests harboured " I;e5en ."Thunder Lizards'' (J ware; past. The forests tear til.C0I coal this area is lam Cls. and the fossil remains :: giant: lizards are 1 unearthed at the quart! 11. Sinbad Valley Bfjt Rafael Reef K-3208 Once you have visited Carbon and Emery counties you will know wh il " called "Castle I tuiiili'N " '.'lie Mud is replete with interesting n.iUUiii lor in. u inns Om-M.inding Om-M.inding are I aslle (ale near Price and VVililhorse Butte in the San Rafael Swell in Emery. Here are some tours that will make this a memorable summer for you: 1. Price and Helper - In downtown Price there's the preiiistoric museum in City Hall, and a mining museum at City Kail in downtown Helper. 2. Nine Mile Canyon (on Highway 53) - a turn-of-the-century stagecoach and freight route and center of the Fremont Indian culture of about 1000 A.D. Deserted log cabins, Indian petroglyphs and pictographs abound in the area. 3. Green River -- An historic river crossing and oasis of the desert. Famous for Green River melons and for being the outfitting point for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. 4. Goblin Valley State Park (Temple Mountain Jet.) - A weird collection of sandstone gnomes and gargoyles lurk above visitors to this secluded valley. 5. Hondoo Arch - Wild, rugged, awesome redrock arch formed in the shape of a cowboy's lariat. Be sure and check local road conditions. con-ditions. 6. San Rafael Swell - An immense, hollowed out dome with vivid buttes, gorges and canyons. Much of this area is unexplored. V. Assembly Hall and Windowblind Peaks - Two massive , landmarks. Windowblind Win-dowblind is the largest freestanding free-standing monolith in Utah. 8. Buckhorn Draw -Ancient Indian drawings on the canyon walls date back over 1,000 years. |