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The highway begins at the overlook in Dead Horse Point State Park's parking lot (22 miles south of Moab). Gaining its scenic byway designation, SR-313 heads northward, along the ridges of Dead Horse Point. The highway climbs in elevation, reaching a height of 6,000 feet (1,800 m). Soon after, all drivers exit the park and have to pay a toll. [3]
View from Dead Horse Point lookout. Dead Horse Point State Park is a state park in San Juan County, Utah in the United States, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. [4] The park opened to the public in 1959 and covers 5,362 acres (2,170 ha) of high desert at an altitude of 5,900 feet (1,800 m).
The entire length of SR-279 has been designated the Potash – Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway by the Utah State Legislature, [2] however is known locally as Potash Road. [3] This highway was intended to be part of a longer highway, State Route 278, that was to scale the canyon walls between Moab and Dead Horse Point State Park. Only the ...
Arizona: Mogollon Rim Road Scenic Drive. The Mogollon Rim is an enormous wall of rock that cuts diagonally across much of eastern Arizona, and the best way to appreciate its breadth is by driving ...
Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway: SR-313, US-191 to Dead Horse Point State Park; branch to Grandview Point via Island in the Sky Road: Fishlake Scenic Byway: SR-25 and forest and local roads, SR-24 to SR-72: Great Salt Lake Legacy Parkway Scenic Byway: SR-67, Salt Lake City to Farmington Also designated as the Legacy Parkway
The Trail of the Ancients Scenic and Historic Byway overlaps with the San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway, an All-American Road, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, on Colorado State Highway 145 between U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado State Highway 184. [20] [21] [22]
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Petroglyph on Newspaper Rock showcasing polydactyly in feet. Many of the petroglyphs appear to be depicting polydactyly, the condition of having an extra toe or finger.In other Puebloan sites, burial remains with bifid metatarsals have been found near petroglyphs depicting polydactyly, suggesting that the pictures factually represent a real physical abnormality. [4]