Dead Horse State Park
Reservations are accepted at Dead Horse Point State Park, Nine miles northwest of Moab on US Hwy 191 and then 23 miles southwest on Utah Hwy 313 to the end of the highway and Visitors Center. Camp only in designated areas. $20. Reservations recommended 800-322-3770. Kayenta campground has 21 campsites. Limited drinking water. All water must be trucked to the park. Please fill water tanks before arriving at Dead Horse Point. Day Visits: $10
Visitor Center with information, gift shop, books, and water.
Entrance fee: $7 daily pass per car.
Note: This is a state park, so your National Parks pass will not be valid here.
Camping: There are 21 fully developed sites, $20 per site, which should be reserved in advance. Call 800-322-3770 at least three days in advance. Each sites has hookups (20amp circuit), picnic tables, fire grates, tent pads, covered shelter and overhead light. Water are available at the bathroom. Available year round. Private group site available.
Say Awe!
Dead Horse Point is astonishing. (Perfect when the sun is setting.) This Utah State Park sits on a narrow high mesa above hundreds of miles of cliffs. Views from the edge are spectacular as 2,000ft below you the Colorado River makes a sharp hairpin through a landscape broken into a series of eroded terraces. From here, you are looking directly into all of Canyonlands National Park, considered Utah Grand Canyon.
Why Dead Horse?
Local legend has it that cowboys built a fence across the narrow neck of land to corral horses. A negligent cowboy who had penned up a herd of horses apparently forgot about them. When other cowboys found the horses, they had died of thirst.
Tip: Take the paved 1.5 mile-long walking trail form the center to the point or one of the 7 miles of hiking trails to view the canyon country.
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