The most beautiful natural sites to discover Utah

Canyonlands National Park was proclaimed a national park on September 12, 1964. With an area of 1 366 km 2 and three districts separated from each other by Colorado and the Green River, it is a huge territory whose different parts are visited fairly unevenly. The three districts are Island in the Sky, the Needles and The Maze. Each of them presents its own particularities and requires a particular organization. Exploration of the park on the waters of Colorado and Green River by boat is possible but requires at least two days of navigation.

They are the Mormon pioneers who named the region Capitol Reef, the rocky domes found recalling there as that of Capitol.

The Capitol Reef national park covers an area of 979 mi ², east of Dixie National Forest and Large Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and north of Glen Canyon national recreation Area. It was created to preserve Waterpocket Fold, a huge fold winds over 160 km from north to south. There are massive cliffs, rocky multi-coloured domes, winding canyons and impressive natural arches, as well as the raging waters of Fremont River.

The Scenic Drive which forks of Hwy 24 in Fruita, where farm built by the Mormons at the beginning of the 20th century, ends in a deep grand canyon and a grandiose landscape.

Guides of Scenic Drive as well as Cathedral Valley and Strike Valley are available to Visitor Center. Other unpaved road are accessible for 4x4 vehicles or peaks on wheel. Visitors will find at the visitor center from the menu or the guides and can get informed about the conditions of the slopes. It is possible to go on some tracks. A location and two primitive locations are in the park. Note that the magnificent orchard in Fruita is made available to visitors who can crunch its fruit there.

A sandy path takes you to the foot of two large arches that join in a point.

It is a huge rock in equilibrium on the edge of the road, the remains of a very old ark.

Fiery Furnace, the "Burning Furnace", is a complex labyrinth with high sandstone edges where it is very easy to get lost. Twice a day the Rangers organize a guided tour. This 3-hour popular hike sometimes requires hands help to sneak into narrow holes or narrow cornices. He's more sure to take a ticket two days in advance at visitor center.

It is during the expedition of 1869 on the Colorado river, that Major John Wesley Powell gave the region that crossed the name of Glen Canyon (a glen is a glacial valley). Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) was created in 1972 by the US Congress. Its 5 076 sq mi stretch on the two States of Utah (more than three town) and from Arizona, at an average altitude of 1 127 metres away. It is surrounded by Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park in the north, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the west, Grand Canyon National Park and Vermillion Cliffs National Monument Southwest; and by the Navajo Indian Reservation Southwest (including Antelope Canyon). Rainbow Bridge National Monument is on the east coast lake Powell and can only be reached by boat or on foot. The centrepiece of Glen Canyon NRA, lake Powell only represents 13% of them. It is however the second - largest artificial lake in North America in 1963 Created thanks to the construction of Glen Canyon Dam (dam), it was totally satisfied only in 1980. It is 299 km long, with 3161 mi of beach, more than 90 side canyons, and a capacity of 32 million cubic meters. Its maximum depth is reached with the Glen Canyon dam at 171 m. to know that the drought known by the region since the end of 2000 cause a drop in the water of more than 30 metres away.

There are six marinas on Lake Powell, several camping grounds and airfields. Navigation is one of the main activities.