Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in Utah are two of the most unique parks in the American Southwest. Typically people spend 2-3 days exploring Moab and the two nearby national parks, but sometimes you just do not have the time to spend multiple days. If you only have one day, here is how to hit the highlights from Arches to…
Go On a National Park Roadtrip! 12 Incredible 1-Week Itineraries
US National Parks are some of the most beautiful and truly amazing places the country has to offer. With people having limited vacation time, many travelers want to fit as many destinations as possible into their time away from work. With various types of parks that offer mountains, desert, red rocks, beaches, wildlife, and more, this article gives ample week…
Lower Calf Creek Falls is an amazing waterfall hike in Utah’s Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. While this park is very remote, this hike is very popular and can get extremely crowded. The hike is a 6.9-mile, out and back trail. Even though this hike is not a very difficult one, the total length is quite a lot for…
The Grand Circle Road Trip is a loop that covers some of the best Southwest America has to offer. Six national parks plus several national monuments and landmarks that highlight the iconic red rocks and sandstone landforms that have been carved out and formed from erosion, mostly due to the serpentine Colorado River. This part of the country is rather…
Bryce Canyon National Park is one of the most unique parks in America featuring geological structures called hoodoos. The Utah park is smaller than other nearby national parks such as Zion and Grand Canyon but deserves a visit because it is so different than any other park in the country. Due to it’s relative closeness to other parks, you can…
The five national parks of Utah (Zion, Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, and Capitol Reef) and Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument have been bucket list items for me for several years. So why not combine them into one epic Utah national park itinerary? That is exactly what I did, and what a whirlwind it was! I am so happy with how this…