At a time when wide open spaces are increasingly hard to come by, we celebrate the vast, beautiful land surrounding Blanding, Utah known as the Colorado Plateau. If you love little towns, adventure, and secluded landscapes as much as we do, this is the place for you.
Off the Beaten Path: Canyonlands National Park
SOURCE: SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
The Colorado River runs through it. So do Jeeps and mountain bikers.
Canyonlands National Park is truly a playground, and a large one. At 527 square miles, it's the largest of the national parks in Utah. It has rivers and deep canyons, domes, mesas, arches and petroglyphs.
There's so much in Canyonlands, the National Park Service had to divvy it. The park has three districts: Island in the Sky, the Needles and the Maze. And there's a noncontiguous part of the park called Horseshoe Canyon.
The Maze is the most remote district. The park service's website for it doesn't list any day hikes there.
But the other districts and Horseshoe Canyon offer great trails.
Read the rest of this article over at the Salt Lake Tribune to discover some of the best hiking trails in Canyonlands.
Have you been to Canyonlands? Which do think are the best hikes? Like, comment, share!
