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In southern Utah, you'll find Canyonlands National Park, a neighbor to Arches National Park. Canyonlands preserves over 337,000 acres of colorful canyons, fins, spires, arches, buttes and mesas. The park itself is divided into three main districts: Island in the Sky, The Needles and The Maze.  Island in the Sky get it's name from the towering rocks in the middle of the canyon. The Needs is home to fine pointed spire rocks and The Maze is the carved canyon that is by far the most rugged and remote district.  The Needle District These three districts are divided by two rivers:...

Welcome to Capitol Reef National Park! This park just celebrated it's 50th anniversary since it was established in 1971. The Capitol in the name refers to the white dome formations in the park (featured image) while the reef refers to the rocky landscape that fills this souther Utah park. These multilayered sandstone formations are known as the "water pocket fold" in the grand scheme of the whole Grand Staircase Escalante.  The Hickman Bridge Arch The Grand Staircase Escalante consists of hundreds of different layers of rocks that have been forming over millions of years and lay out between Bryce and the Grand Canyon....

Let's continue our national park tour in Utah! Welcome to Bryce Canyon National Park, nestled in southwestern Utah. The main feature of this park will be the featured image of this blog (hehe) that is Bryce Canyon. However, despite it's name, it not actually a canyon due to the way it was formed.  Hoodoos Canyons are defined as being formed from erosion that is initiated from a central steam. In Bryce's case the canyon was created by headward erosion that excavated the large amphitheater shaped features. This headward erosion exposed delicate and colorful pinnacles called "hoodoos." Rain and frost wedging carved these...

Welcome to Utah's Most visited National Park: Zion! Mormon pioneers settles in teh area in the late 1800's and named the canyon in the park "Zion," which is ancient Hebrew for sanctuary. This park is approximately 229 square miles and is filled with the beautiful red rock of Utah. The red rock canyon is continually forming as it's made of strata rock that is still eroding and causing rock falls.  Zion Canyon The falling rock and the virgin river that flows through the park contribute to the constant down cutting of and deepening of the canyon. This river flows through one...

This underrated beauty is located in Eastern Nevada and houses some of the highest peaks in the state - as well as Nevada's LAST glacier. The glacier is aptly named Dirt Glacier since it's always covered by a layer of dirt due to the desert winds. It's nestled in the base of the park's highest summit: Wheeler Peak, coming in at 13,064 feet tall.  Wheeler Peak This park is also home to the ancient Bristlecone pine Tree and a massive grove of them. This tree species is the oldest in the world as well as the oldest known non-clonal organism. They are over 3,000 years...