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Throughout the country, state parks, historic sites, homes, buildings, museums, and similar institutions are struggling to continue operating. Because of general financial problems, many of these institutions are operating on a reduced schedule or in danger of closing. Some are being forced to sell off artifacts and property. Many will not weather these hard times without your help. Places Earth urges everyone to support these vital and important public resources any way you can. Please donate your treasure, time, and talent. Write to your governor and other elected officials telling them to find a way to keep state parks open. It will be your loss. Public Service Announcement | Test space for future ad if donations don't increase. |
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Dead Horse Point
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Dead Horse Point State Park is centered around Dead Horse Point, a plateau 2,000 feet above the Colorado River at a U-shaped bend in the river. The names comes from an event in which a heard of wild hoses were trapped on the plateau and died of thirst within sight of the river and its life giving water, 2,000 feet below. The plateau is isolated from surrounding mesas by this deep canyon with only a 30 yard wide passage that was easily blocked. About 1900, a heard of horses were driven into the plateau and corralled by a barrier while the cowboys selected the best to be broken. Weather intentionally or accidentally, the barrier was not opened and the magnificent wild mustangs were trapped. Today, Dead Horse Point State Park is one of the most spectacular state parks in Utah. The overlook and plateau are at about 6,000 feet above sea level with the river 2,000 feet below as it caves a deep and beautiful canyon through layers of sedimentary rock. For hundreds of millions of years, sediments were deposited at this site, then the river began carving this canyon. About 25 million years ago, during the Tertiary period, continental drift caused uplifting which raised the Colorado Plateau more than a mile. It took the river approximately 150 million years to carve this canyon through these sediments even as the land was rising. The sediments at the river level today formed 300 million years ago. Location: About ten miles west of Moab in southern Grand County in Utah. Directions: From US 191 (west of Moab), turn south on Utah Highway 313. It is about 23 miles to the park. There is a fork Shortly before entering Dead Horse Point State Park. To the left is Dead Horse Point State Park, ahead is the northern section of Canyonlands National Park. Mailing address: P.O. Box 609, Moab 84532-0609 259-2614 Park Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visitor Center Hours: Summer - 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Winter - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Visitor Center is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day (the park remains open). |
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This page last updated: Saturday, 30-Oct-2010 21:00:28 EDT
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