Date: 02/08/2013
Location: Sequoia National Park, California
Title: Snowless giants of Kings Canyon
Date: 10/04/2012
Location: Green River Overlook @ Canyonlands National Park, UT
Canyonlands National Park is one of the premiere tourist destinations in the State of Utah. Most of nature lovers would venture into a hike out into the vastness of this world famous and the largest national park in Utah. An easier way to visit Canyonlands is by visiting The Island right off the Sky district which is just 32 miles or 51.5 km from Moab, Utah. The Island in Sky can provide amazing panoramic views along its paved roads. The scenery is spectacular as you drive along.
Canyonlands has been blessed with a diversity of flaura and fauna. Its terrain and geographical features are utterly interesting. Bodies of waters such as rivers cut through the vastness of Canyonlands National Park. The Colorado and Green Rivers wind all throughout this national park. The Green Rivers passes on various layers of sandstones and deep canyons.
One of the chief tributary of the Colorado River is the Green River. The watershed for Green River covers Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. It is 730 miles long which begins from the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming and flow right through Utah and Colorado.
The Green River Outlook is one of the most fascinating pinnacles which offer amazing overlook view of the beauty of Canyonlands. Words are not enough to describe the beauty of Mother Nature right at this spot.