December 30, 2024 A nearly complete skeleton of a 26,000-year-old red fox was collected from deep in Whiterocks Cave. It is the most complete Ice Age mammal found in northeastern Utah. VERNAL, Utah — A team of scientists from the Utah Division of State Parks and the USDA Forest Service Ashley National Forest, along with […]
Kodachrome Basin
67 monolithic stone spires, called sedimentary pipes, accentuate multihued sandstone layers that reveal 180 million years of geologic time. The color and beauty found here prompted a National Geographic Society expedition to name the area Kodachrome, after the popular color film, in 1948.
Fred Hayes at Starvation
The sprawling waters of Starvation Reservoir offer great fishing and boating. Find a secluded campsite at one of four primitive and one developed campground. Bring your off-highway vehicle and ride on nearby trails.
Dead Horse
From the prominence of Dead Horse Point, 2,000 feet above a gooseneck in the Colorado River, an ever changing landscape unfurls. Immense vertical cliffs meet with canyons carved by ice, water and wind creating a visual masterpiece. Plants and animals surviving on the edge of existence face many challenges of extreme conditions within this high desert environment.
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