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On the road to Monument Valley |
Navajo
Bridge crosses the Colorado River's Marble Canyon near Lee's Ferry in
the U.S. state of Arizona. Apart from the Glen Canyon Bridge a few
miles upstream at Page, Arizona, it is the only roadway crossing of the
river and the Grand Canyon for nearly 600 mi. Spanning Marble Canyon,
the bridge carries northbound travelers to southern Utah and to the
otherwise inaccessible portions of Arizona north of the Colorado River,
such as the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. |
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At Monument Valley |
Monument Valley is a wide flat, sometimes desolate landscape which lies entirely within the Navajo Indian Reservation on the Utah/Arizona border. It's "familiar" because it's been used as a background for movies. |
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Goosenecks State Park (Near Mexican Hat) |
Goosenecks State Park is located near Mexican Hat, UT. It overlooks a deep meander of the San Juan River. Millions of years ago, the Monument Upwarp forced the river to carve incised meanders over 1,000 feet (305 meters) deep as the surrounding landscape slowly rose in elevation. Eroded by water, wind, frost, and gravity, this is truly a magnificent sight, and a classic location for observing incised meanders. |