Canyonlands and Vicinity
After twenty years traveling out west every summer, southern Utah is one of my favorite areas in the western US. This page covers Canyonlands National Park, Fisher Towers, and Natural Bridges National Monument. As I have time, I’ll add notes about particular locations.
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Fisher Towers, near Moab, UT, 2007
Climber on a hoodoo, Fisher Towers, near Moab, UT, 2013
Triumphant Climber Atop the Hoodoo, Fisher Towers, near Moab, UT, 2013
Fisher Towers at sunset, near Moab, UT, 2013
Petroglyphs, Newspaper Rock, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2003
Newspaper Rock, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2003
Needles near Chesler Park, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2007
Evening Sun Breaking Through Storm Clouds, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2013
Evening Sun Breaking Through Storm Clouds, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2013
Needles at Dawn, Needles Unit, Canyon National Park, UT, 2012
Needles at Dawn, Needles Unit, Canyon National Park, UT, 2012
Squaw Canyon, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2003
Needles in the Rain, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2012
Rain along the trail to Chesler Park, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2013
Chesler Park, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2013
Narrows on the Chesler Park Trail, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, 2013
Hamburger Rocks, Lockhart Basin Road, near Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2012
View from the Colorado River Overlook, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park 2012
Petroglyphs, Newspaper Rock, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2012
Petroglyphs, Newspaper Rock, Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2012
Evening Storm over the Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, photographed from the Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, 2012
Evening Storm over the Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, photographed from the Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, 2012
Evening Storm over the Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, photographed from the Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, 2012
Evening Storm over the Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, photographed from the Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, 2012
Evening Storm over the Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, photographed from the Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, 2012
Evening Storm over the Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, photographed from the Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, 2012
Sunset from Balancing Rocks campsite, Lockhart Basin Road, near Needles Unit, Canyonlands National Park, UT, 2013
Old Mormon road into the canyon, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Natural amphitheater, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Petroglyphs, Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Petroglyphs, Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Petroglyphs, Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Petroglyphs, Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, Canyonlands National Park, Ut, 2015
Cicada Husks on Dead Juniper, Hovenweep National Monument, UT, 2003
Anasazi Ruins, Hovenweep National Monument, UT, 2003
Anasazi Ruins, Hovenweep National Monument, UT, 2003
Anasazi Wall, Hovenweep National Monument, UT, 2003
Kachina Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, UT, 2007
Sign atop the Moki (They mispelled it) Dugway, which drops 1100 feet in 3 miles, Route 261, UT, 2007