Canyonlands: Just a few miles from Moab National Arches Park

Canyonlands a few miles from the National Arches Park of Moab. Arches are formed mainly by wind and Canyons mainly by water. It is very interesting that these 2 parks are closely located and both are beautiful but in very different ways. Canyonland preserves are a wilderness of rocks at the Colorado plateau. It's primary architect is water and gravity. It has 2 big rivers that run through it named Colorado and Green rivers. They come together  about mid way of the Canyonlands park.

We spend the bigger part of 2 days in the park at different locations. The first day was a place called Island in the Sky. The 2nd day we spend in the southern part called Needles. Two different types of rocks and formations is very different

Note The unique formation called Old Wooden shoe

Up close view of Old Wooden shoe (rock formation)

Note white the different colors of rock. The white rock is harder than the red rock (sand rock) and does not erode as fast as the Sand Rock. Makes for some very unique formations.

Some pictographs inside the needles Park

Old Corral just inside of Needles Canyon. We crossed many open range and cattle guards while going to and in the park.s.

 

Needle looking rock formations