{"id":4676,"date":"2022-04-10T22:05:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2022-05-22T01:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T17:36:46","slug":"202006d5canyonlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/202006d5canyonlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 of 2020 Utah Trip, Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifth day of my Utah trip. I would be spending the day between Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park. The two parks were located close to each other, both offered views of magnificent landscapes combined with short hiking trails.
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\"Colorado<\/a>

<\/br>Colorado River from Dead Horse Point<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Unlike the previous two days, today I wouldn\u2019t be driving back to Moab for a midday nap on my hotel bed (the return trip took 2 hours), and that I only got back to the hotel after dark the previous night,<\/del> I stayed in bed late this morning and left the hotel at almost 11am.<\/p>\n

Roadside Overlooks<\/span><\/h3>\n

On my way from Canyonlands back to the hotel the previous day, I passed by a few view areas \/ rest stops with views of various buttes and mesas. So I stopped at some of them today.<\/p>\n

US191 & UT313<\/span><\/h4>\n

This is a roadside rest area just off the junction of US191 and UT313. That being said, it\u2019s just a parking lot with an information board, not even a pit toilet as the basic amenities of a “rest stop”.<\/p>\n

\"Canyon\"<\/a>

 \"Road<\/a><\/br>Road in Canyon<\/br><\/p>\n

The rest stop was located at the mouth of a canyon. The country road to Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point Parks found an opening through this canyon and ascended through a series of switchbacks.<\/div>\n

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\"Mesa\"<\/a>

 \"Mesa\"<\/a><\/br>Mesa<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s footage from my drone.
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