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Utah is home to
five national parks, several national monuments and
two national recreation areas. Go Utah Travel
provides extensive, accurate coverage with lots of
photos, maps and coverage of hiking, mountain
biking, scenic drives, etc.
Presented below are
summary descriptions of each of Utah's national
parks and other treasures with links for more
information.
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Arches
National Park is home to the largest
concentration of sandstone arches in the world, some 2,000 in
all. There is a great scenic drive and numerous good short hikes
through the desert landscape for close looks at its most impressive
rock formations.
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Bryce
Canyon National
Park is home to a series of spectacularly colorful and intricate
rock forms carved by erosion from the edge of the Pausaugunt Plateau.
An easy scenic drive runs along the top of the plateau to wonderful
lookouts over the park. Numerous hiking trails run along the rim
and down among the rock forms.
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Capitol
Reef National Park consists
of a 100 mile long ridge of marvelously colored and wildly-varied
red-, orange-, tan-, cream- rock. The park is rather isolated
and is relatively lightly visited. Some of the most outstanding
features of the park and its best short hikes can be accessed
from Hwy 24 and the park's short scenic drive. The more adventurous
can backpack or 4wd to exceedingly rugged and remote areas.
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Canyonlands National Park is home to an immense expanse of
deep orange-red canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers
and a wonderful array of superlative red rock formations. In addition
to being a feast for the eyes, it provides great opportunities
for hiking, mountain biking, 4wd adventuring, and white water
rafting.
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