Travelers Guide

Don Baars is a retired geologist with the Kansas Geological Survey. He lives in Grand Junction, Colorado

Introduction Time Enough Colorado Plateau Structures How to Use This Book I. The Paradox Basin 1. Grand Junction, Colorado, to Green River, Utah, via Interstate 70 2. Colorado National Monument 3. Crescent Junction to Moab, Utah, via U.S. 191 4. Utah 128, West Cisco Exit on Interstate 70, to Moab, Utah, along the Colorado River 5. Arches National Park 6. Utah 313 from U.S. 191 to Dead Horse Point State Park and the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park 7. Utah 279 to Potash and Beyond to Shafer Trail in Canyonlands National Park: A Scenic Byway 8. Moab to Monticello, Utah, via U.S. 191 9. Utah 133 to Canyon Rims Overlooks from U.S. 191 10. Utah 211 to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park from U.S. 191 11. Needles District to Monticello, Utah, via County Road 136 12. Monticello to Bluff, Utah, via U.S. 191 13. La Sal Junction, Utah, through Paradox Valley to Naturita, Colorado, via Utah 46/Colorado 90 14. Whitewater to Placerville, Colorado, via Colorado 141 and 145 (Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway) 15. Utah 24 from Interstate 70 to Hanksville, Utah (including Goblin Valley State Park) 16. Hanksville South toward Hite and Blanding Utah, via Utah 95 17. Utah 276 from Utah 95 to Bullfrog, Utah, on Lake Powell II. The San Juan Basin 18. Gallup, New Mexico, to Monticello, Utah, via U.S. 666 19. Albuquerque to Bloomfield, New Mexico, on U.S. 550 20. Bloomfield, New Mexico, to Aztec, New Mexico, and Durango, Colorado, on New Mexico 544 and U.S. 550 21. Durango to Cortez, Colorado, via U.S. 160 (including Mesa Verde National Park) 22. Flagstaff, Arizona, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, via Interstate 40 (including Petrified Forest National Park) III. The Black Mesa Basin 23. Bluff, Utah, to Chinle, Arizona, via U.S. 191 24. Canyon de Chelly National Monument 25. Chinle to Chambers, Arizona, via U.S. 191 26. Chambers to Springervile, Arizona, via U.S. 191 27. Chimney Rock, Colorado, to Kayenta, Arizona, via U.S. 160 28. Kayenta to Cameron, Arizona, via U.S. 160 IV. Grand Canyon Country 29. Cameron, Arizona, to East Entrance to Grand Canyon National Park via Arizona, U.S. 64 30. South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park to Flagstaff, Arizona, via U.S. 180 31. Flagstaff to Marble Canyon, Arizona, via U.S. 89 32. Marble Canyon to Lees Ferry, Arizona 33. Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments 34. Flagstaff to Sedona, Arizona, via U.S. 89A 35. Sedona to Flagstaff, Arizona, via Interstate 17 V. The Plateau Interior 36. Bluff, Utah, to Kayenta, Arizona, via U.S. 163 37. Hanksville to Capitol Reef National Park and Torrey, Utah, via Utah 24 38. Torrey to Boulder, Utah, via Utah 12 39. Boulder to Bullfrog, Utah, via the Burr Trail 40. Arizona 98 from U.S. 160 to Page, Arizona 41. Page to Bitter Springs, Arizona, via U.S. 89 42. Marble Canyon Bridge, Arizona, to Kanab, Utah, via U.S. 89A 43. Jacob lake, Arizona, to the North Rim of Grand Canyon via Arizona 67 44. Kanab, Utah, to Utah 12 via U.S. 89 VI. The High Plateaus 45. Green River to Salina, Utah, via Interstate 70 46. Salina, Utah, to Utah 12 via Interstate 70 and U.S. 89 (plus Utah 20) 47. Bryce Canyon National park via Utah 12 48. Mount Carmel Junction, Utah, to Interstate 15 via Utah 9 through Zion National Park 49. Cedar City to Cedar Breaks National Monument and Long Valley Junction, Utah, via Utah 14 50. Arizona-Nevada State Line to Hurricane, Utah, via Interstate 15 and Utah 9 51. Hurricane, Utah, to Fredonia, Arizona, via Utah 59/Arizona 389 VII. The Uinta Basin and Dinosaur National Monument 52. Green River to Helper, Utah, via U.S. 6 and 191 53. Helper to Vernal, Utah, via U.S. 191 and U.S. 40 54. Vernal, Utah, North on U.S. 191, the "Drive Through the Ages" Highway 55. Dinosaur National Monument Quarry 56. Dinosaur, Colorado, to Harpers Corner, Dinosaur National Monument 57. Vernal, Utah, to Grand Junction, Colorado, via U.S. 40, Colorado 64, and Colorado 139 Glossary References Geological Society Guidebooks Acknowledgments