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The Corona Arch [1] (formerly known as Little Rainbow Bridge) is a natural sandstone arch near Moab, Utah, in a side canyon of the Colorado River west of Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States. It can be accessed via a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) hiking trail (Corona Arch Trail) from Utah State Route 279 (Potash Road).
Arches National Park is a national park of the United States in eastern Utah.The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah.The park contains more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the well-known Delicate Arch, which constitute the highest density of natural arches in the world.
Canyonlands National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons , mesas , and buttes by the Colorado River , the Green River , and their respective tributaries.
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 ...
State Route 128 (SR-128) is a 44.564-mile-long (71.719 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Utah.The entire length of the highway has been designated the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway, as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program.
The nearest town is Moab, Utah about 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest. The area is generally accessed from Fisher Towers Road off of Route 128 which runs along the Colorado River between I-70 and Route 191. Castleton Tower is visible approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the southwest from different parts of the Fisher Tower's area. [citation needed]
Watershed of the Colorado River. The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California.Rivers are listed upstream by the point they empty into the Colorado.
Big Bend is a meander or bend in a deep canyon along the Colorado River, in Grand County, Utah. It lies within the bounds of Arches National Park at an elevation of 3,980 feet / 1,213 meters, 6.3 miles northeast of Moab, Utah .