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Goosenecks State Park Carved by the San Juan River (Trip 28) NEALE CLARK/GETTY IMAGES © FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHS TO ZION CANYON LOWS, it’s all about extremes in Utah, Colorado and Nevada. Here you can go from the sleepiest of rural towns to the hyperactivity of Sin City itself. Hike a six-mile trail and never see another soul, or queue up in a car line to gawk at brown bears. This rugged country is so stunningly beautiful that much of it has been protected as public lands. In southern Utah alone, there are eight national parks and monuments. And the history and culture represented here stretches from the age of dinosaurs, through Ancestral Puebloan peoples and Old West mining towns, to today’s Navajo Nation. Populated, unpopulated; ancient, modern; high elevations and low: you’ll find it all here in one outdoorsy region. Utah, Colorado & Nevada Trips 265 ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
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Goosenecks State Park Carved by the San Juan River (Trip 28) NEALE CLARK/GETTY IMAGES ©
FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHS TO ZION CANYON LOWS, it’s all about extremes in Utah, Colorado and Nevada. Here you can go from the sleepiest of rural towns to the hyperactivity of Sin City itself. Hike a six-mile trail and never see another soul, or queue up in a car line to gawk at brown bears.
This rugged country is so stunningly beautiful that much of it has been protected as public lands. In southern Utah alone, there are eight national parks and monuments. And the history and culture represented here stretches from the age of dinosaurs, through Ancestral Puebloan peoples and Old West mining towns, to today’s Navajo Nation. Populated, unpopulated; ancient, modern; high elevations and low: you’ll find it all here in one outdoorsy region.
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p Zion & Bryce National Parks 6 days
Red-rock grandeur in two stunning national parks. (p269)
q Scenic Byway 12 5 daysA roller-coaster-ride through remote
and rugged park lands. (p279)
r Moab & Southeastern National Parks 4 days
Utah’s outdoor-adventure epicenter. (p287)
s Monument Valley & Trail of the Ancients 5 days
Ancient and modern-day indigenous tribal cultures on display. (p295)
t Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Byway 6 days
Immerse yourself in the Jurassic era with fossils, footprints and museums. (p303)
u San Juan Skyway & Million Dollar Highway 6–8 days
Deep drops and rugged peaks amid mining hamlets and chic ski towns. (p311)
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YosemiteNationalPark
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Lake MeadNational
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Bryce CanyonNational Park
CanyonlandsNationalPark
Grand CanyonNational Park
Hopi IndianReservation
Walker RiverIndian Reservation
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Humboldt-ToiyabeNational Forest
UintaNationalForest
BentonNationalPark
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LakeTahoe
GreatSaltLake
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v Colorado’s High Country Byways 5–7 days
A heart-stopping ride through gorgeous mountain scenery. (p321)
w Highway 50: The Loneliest Road 3 days
Cruise past petroglyphs, Pony Express stations, a sand dune and the Shoe Tree. (p329)
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ArchesNationalPark
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Mesa VerdeNational Park
Navajo IndianReservation
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Keystone
SantaRosa
Winter Park
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RockSprings
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Aspen
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GlenwoodSprings
Fort Lupton
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Rawlins
Wheatland
Chinle
Kayenta
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Moab
Roosevelt
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Laramie
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DON'T MISS
CanyoneeringRock-climb up then rappel down through narrow slot canyons on Trips pr
Montanya Rum Distillers Enjoy gold-medal spirits at a welcoming plank bar in the tiny mining hamlet of Silverton on Trip u
Ancient art appreciationAncestral Puebloan cultures left traces as rock art and ruins across the region. See for yourself on Trips qrs
Independence Pass Quaking aspens surround you as you navigate hairpin turns and experience craggy-rocked mountain-pass bliss on Trip v
Digging dinosaursVisit three different working quarries and touch actual dinosaur bones in situ at several places along Trip t
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