Southern Utah National & State Parks

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  1. 4. National park home to the world’s largest collection of hoodoos—tall, thin spires of rock.
  2. 6. State park featuring a well-preserved, 1,000-year-old kiva that visitors can enter.
  3. 9. State park featuring a warm-water reservoir popular for boating and fishing.
  4. 10. National park divided into four districts: Island in the Sky, The Needles, The Maze, and the combined rivers.
  5. 11. This state park’s unique landscape has been compared to Mars and was featured in the film “Galaxy Quest.”
  6. 12. State park named after the color film due to its vibrant, multi-colored sandstone formations.
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  1. 1. National park named for its white Navajo Sandstone domes, reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol building.
  2. 2. Utah’s first national park, established in 1919.
  3. 3. National park boasting over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, the highest concentration globally.
  4. 5. State park named for its distinctively pink-hued sand dunes, created by Navajo Sandstone erosion.
  5. 7. State park home to a vast collection of petrified wood, estimated at around 5 million tons.
  6. 8. State park famous for its petrified sand dunes and lava tubes