Destinations Utah Grand Staircase Escalante NM Rimrock Hoodoos The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument covers a huge area and most of its attractions are well hidden. Visitors meet usually significant challenges to experience its raw beauty. Dirt roads, long hikes, backpacking are just some of these challenges. Rimrock Hoodoos has,...
Lower Calf Creek Falls
Destinations Utah Grand Staircase Escalante NM Lower Calf Creek Falls Lower Calf Creek Falls has some interesting photographic elements that stand out compared to other attractions in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Hiking from the parking lot to the falls is a rather easy and very enjoyable walk that...
House on Fire
Destinations Utah Cedar Mesa House on Fire House on Fire was probably the first Ancient Puebloan ruin that put Cedar Mesa on the map through the famous American landscape photographer David Muench. His photograph of the ruin with very appealing warm colors and the texture of the ceiling evoking the...
Fallen Roof Ruin
Destinations Utah Cedar Mesa Fallen Roof Ruin Fallen Roof ruin is one of the many Ancestral Puebloan cliff ruins in the Cedar Mesa area. It certainly is one of the most if not the most iconic ruin of Cedar Mesa. Its image is often seen in photographic magazines, calendars and...
Zabriskie Point
Destinations California Death Valley NP Zabriskie Point Zabriskie Point Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence. The...
Racetrack Playa
Destinations California Death Valley NP Racetrack Playa Racetrack Playa There are many places that I visited in the American West which took my breath by its sheer beauty, but I did not see a single place as odd as the Racetrack. It is not that easy to get there as...
Mesquite Flat Dunes
Destinations California Death Valley NP Mesquite Flat Dunes Mesquite Flat Dunes There are two major sand dune systems in the Death Valley National Park. First, Mesquite Flat Dunes, which have very easy access, and are well known and frequently visited. Second, the more secluded and much less visited Eureka Sand...
Eureka Sand Dunes
Destinations California Death Valley NP Eureka Sand Dunes Eureka Sand Dunes There are two major sand dune systems in the Death Valley National Park. First, Stovepipe Well Sand Dunes, which have very easy access, and are well known and frequently visited. Second, the more secluded and much less visited Eureka...
Devil’s Golf Course
Destinations California Death Valley NP Devil's Golf Course Devil's Golf Course is the exact opposite of what you experience at Badwater. While latter is a perfect flat place, Devil's Golf Course is a vast area of irregular and razor sharp pillars formed of salt crystals. The name given to this...
Dante Peak
Destinations California Death Valley NP Dante Peak Dante Peak is a lofty vantage point at 5,465 feet from where you can see most of Death Valley. Below is Badwater, a pool of water set in barren salt flats. Across the valley are the Panamint Mountains and on a clear day...