From exploring Arizona canyons to Utah buttes and beyond, our national parks columnist shares the most adventurous Southwest ...

Ten feet overhead in a desert canyon ... Escalante River Trailhead 14 miles east of Escalante. Ancient petroglyphs—sheep, deer, a snake—are visible just five minutes along the trail.

Ten feet overhead in a desert canyon ... Escalante River Trailhead 14 miles east of Escalante. Ancient petroglyphs—sheep, deer, a snake—are visible just five minutes along the trail.

and you follow it until you reach the Escalante River. Turn right, exiting the canyon and hiking towards Escalante town. The trail leaves the Escalante River around 14.5 miles, passes through a wooden ...

On a long traverse away from the river, up the Paria Canyon, the trail levels off a bit ... As you labor your way up this rugged, steep trail, keep in mind that, in 1776, the Dominguez/Escalante ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is a vast, remote region featuring diverse landscapes, including canyons, arches, hills, waterfalls, and forests. Spanning nearly 150 kilometers at ...

It connects with the Escalante River above Lake Powell ... Other slot canyons are Buckskin Gulch, Little Wild Horse Canyon, Burr Trail’s Singing Canyon, Peek-a-Boo, Spooky Gulch and Willis Creek ...

As we faced the morning sun, the air bit at my face, finding all the holes in my knit hat and freezing my still-damp hair ...

GREEN BAY - The Fox River Trail last year had its first study done since it opened in 2001. The Brown County Parks Department wanted to know how and when the trail was typically used, what people ...

The National Park Service opened a lottery for extended self-guided rafting trips along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park this week, offering hundreds of spots for 2026. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Taylor family has lived right along the Jordan River Trail since 1962. Over the years, the trail that was once a place for families to enjoy a walk or bike ride doesn’t ...

Europe is home to many beautiful landscapes. One of them in the east of the continent has been described as its Grand Canyon. The Tara river flows through two countries - Montenegro and some of ...