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A few miles north, the highway passes through Fairplay and the historic South Park City site, then reaches its highest elevation: 10,051 feet (3,064 m), at the summit of Red Hill Pass. US 285 then leaves the South Park basin and climbs over Kenosha Pass , elevation 10,001 feet (3,048 m), and skirts the south side of the Mount Evans massif as it ...
The park is located in southwestern Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of and 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Zion National Park. [6] [7]Bryce Canyon National Park lies within the Colorado Plateau geographic province of North America and straddles the southeastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau west of Paunsaugunt Faults (Paunsaugunt is Paiute for "home of the beaver"). [8]
U.S. Route 89 at the border of Arizona and Utah. The first city in Utah along either US 89 or US 89A is Kanab where the two routes re-unite. From Kanab US 89 proceeds north passing by Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is the smallest and highest of them, with 56 square miles, an average elevation of 8,000 feet and some areas topping 9,000 feet above sea level, according to Densmore.
State Highway 83 (SH 83) is a state highway that is located along the Front Range in the U.S. State of Colorado.Spanning about 56.2 miles (90.4 km) from the SH 21 (Powers Boulevard) interchange in northern Colorado Springs and SH 2 (Colorado Boulevard.) in Denver, the highway follows a south–north route, paralleling Interstate 25 to the east and serving rural areas.
SR-12, as seen from the Head of the Rocks overlook. Proceeding west to east for 123 miles (nearly 200 km), the highway starts south of Panguitch at an intersection with US-89, crosses part of Dixie National Forest and Bryce Canyon National Park, continues through the small towns of Tropic, Cannonville, and Henrieville.
It then traverses through the Denver Metro Area, then exits by following Interstate 70 (I-70) and US 287. It is concurrent with US 287 for about 145 miles to Kit Carson. US 40 exits into Kansas east of Arapahoe in Cheyenne. At a length of almost 500 miles, US 40 is the longest numbered route in the state.
CR 67 south (Phantom Canyon Road) / CR 81 north (Diamond Ave) – Pine Grove: South end state maintenance; northern terminus of Phantom Canyon Road: Divide: 69.652: 112.094: US 24 west: Western end of US 24 overlap: Woodland Park: 76.920: 123.791: US 24 east – Colorado Springs: Eastern end of US 24 overlap: Douglas: Deckers: 100.036: 160.992