Table of Contents
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