Arches National Park
The sandstone at Arches National Park has provided the palette for sensational desert vistas and arches, making this park unique. Nature has used wind, rain and ice to carve fantastic desert vistas and arches. Join the DesertUSA team on a tour of some of the incredibly beautiful natural features at Arches National Park.

Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park, located in the Colorado Plateau region, is a showcase of geology. Rivers divide the park into three districts, the Island in the Sky, the Needles, and the Maze. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each exhibits a distinctive character, and offers different opportunities for exploration.

Nevada and Utah
Just outside of Las Vegas, there are two parks, Red Rock Canyon and the Valley of Fire. Both had good wildflower displays this year. Western Utah also had a good variety of wildflowers.

 
Quicktime VRs

Quicktime VR images let you spin around, look up and down and zoom in as if you were standing right there! You need to have Apple's QuickTime (For PC or Mac - free download.)

Arches NP - QTVR
Our 360-degree panorama is taken from the Park Avenue Viewpoint and Trailhead at an elevation of 4,090 feet. Our initial orientation is the view north toward the Three Gossips (in the left background). As the view rotates left (west), we look toward the road, then the Visitor Center at Park Headquarters in the southwestern corner of the park.

 

Canyonlands NP QTVR
Here we see the panoramic view from the Shafer Canyon Overlook in the extreme northeast corner of the park. Our initial view looks east up Shafer Trail Road leading into Shafer Canyon. As the view turns left (north) we are looking toward the Island in the Sky Visitor Center, then west toward Neck Spring. Coming full circle, we return to the view of Shafer Trail Road, originally a cattle trail, then later a road for uranium hunters.