My wife Deb and I spent some magical time camping and hiking in the ‘wilderness’ of Canyonlands many years ago. I love the red rock country. It breaks my heart to see the current political efforts to disgrace this land with truly unneeded oil and mineral development. President Teddy Roosevelt warned us about this and urged us to protect our national heritage. This is the land that I love. I want my great grandchildren to be able to explore it as I have.
Sincerely,
Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park preserves an immense desert wilderness sculpted by the Green and Colorado rivers and featuring hundreds of colorful canyons, mesas, buttes, fins, arches and spires. The Island in the Sky District is the most accessible and popular section of the park — a mesa with spectacular views of the surrounding canyons. The Needles is a vaster territory below the Island in the Sky where visitors can hike among the sandstone spires and breathtaking rocks.
State(s): Utah
Established: 1964
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
A group of queer and queer allies from across the country meet for a forever memorable adventure-excursion visiting Canyonlands! This is from the Island in the Sky district where we had our breakfast of bagels, cream cheese, and lox! The National Parks are a great place to be yourself with…
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
I'm sitting on top of the world singing a song. Yes singing a song.
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
This is my partner Keith and I in Spring 2009. We based in Moab for a week and had an amazing trip
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