Staircase Monument Utah

Sun drenched utah backcountry spreads out well beyond the visible horizon from the road whether youre traveling along the the all american road.

Staircase monument utah. Scenic byway 12 or on highway 89. Grand staircase escalante national monument a delaware sized museum of sedimentary erosion that walks you down through a 200 million year old staircase of animals thats us minerals and vegetables aka the longest slowest front porch ever. The grand staircaseescalante national monument gsenm is a united states national monument originally designated in 1996 as 1880461 acres 7610 km 2 of protected land in southern utahin 2017 the monuments size was reduced by a succeeding presidential proclamationthe land is among the most remote in the country. The allure of the grand staircase region the bulk of which is contained in the grand staircaseescalante national monument is phenomenal.

It was the last to be mapped in the contiguous united states. This area boasts a mixture of c olorful sandstone cliffs soaring. The trump administration slashed the size of bears ears national monument by 85 and grand staircase escalante national monument by nearly half in december 2017 in what represented the largest. Grand staircase escalante national monument flickr album the monument is an outstanding biological resource spanning five life zones from low lying desert to coniferous forest.