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The Trail of the Ancients is a collection of National Scenic Byways located in the U.S. Four Corners states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. These byways comprise: The 366-mile (589 km) Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway in San Juan County, Utah; [1]
The town is just north of the east–west highway route shared by Interstate 70, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 50, between Crescent Junction and Cisco. Moab, the county seat, is 37 miles (60 km) to the south. Thompson Springs is located in high desert country with the Book Cliffs just to the north.
Location of Grand County in Utah. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand County, Utah. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grand County, Utah, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
Moab (/ ˈ m oʊ. æ b / ⓘ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Grand County [5] in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery. The population was 5,366 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
The Island in the Sky mesa and Junction Butte from the Needles district. As of 2016, the Island in the Sky district, with its proximity to the Moab, Utah area, attracts 76.7 percent of total park visitors. The Needles district is the second most visited, drawing 20.7 percent of visitors.
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument is a Utah state monument featuring a rock panel carved with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs. [1] It is located in San Juan County, along Utah State Route 211, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Monticello and 53 miles (85 km) south of Moab.
The Spring Canyon sandstones in the Book Cliffs above Helper, Utah, with several sedimentary cycles visible in the cliffs Book Cliffs and Mt. Garfield (on right, approximate altitude 6,600 ft or 2,000 m) in Mesa County, Colorado The Book Cliffs near Green River, Utah, ca. 1879–1894.
The road from Bluff north via Monticello, Moab, and Valley City to Thompson (a station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad) became a state highway in 1910. [7] To connect this road with the rest of the state highway system, a road from Valley City northwest via Floy to Green River was added in 1912, as was a connection from Thompson to via Cisco to Colorado. [8]