If you like the canyon country but the thought of the insane crowds at the Grand Canyon turns your stomach, then Canyonlands National Park is for you! Featuring canyon vistas no less impressive than those of the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands is a heavenly park. Near Moab, Utah the park is easily accessible by car. However, if you want to fully appreciate this park (something I have yet to do) you need to spend at least a few days here and explore the park away from the main road. Canyonlands is a vast park with many things to see, but it takes time to see them and appreciate them. On my next trip to the southwest I hope to spend at least a few days here.
Above: These 2 images are actually from Dead Horse Point State Park, a short detour along the same road that brings you into Canyonlands. Dead Horse Point is a beautiful place with impressive canyon views to both the east and the west, making it a fantastic location for either sunrise or sunset shooting.
(Above and below: A sampling of some of the views available from the main park road.)
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Canyonlands is not much bigger on the map than Arches, but it is so much more vast and wild. The view from Island in the Sky is amazing, but the feeling of getting tangled up in the Needles area or of touching the edge of the Maze are equally amazing. You can get off the road and into remote, gorgeous country.
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