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In 1904, the National Geographic Magazine publicized the bridges and the area was designated a National Monument on April 16, 1908, by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah's first National Monument. The Monument was nearly inaccessible for many decades as reflected by the visitor log kept by the Monument's superintendents.
Goulding's Lodge and Campground in Monument Valley is 6 miles from Monument Valley Tribal Park, and central enough to be a stopping point when visiting sites such as Valley of the Gods and Natural ...
State Route 95 or Bicentennial Highway is a state highway located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Utah.The highway is an access road for tourism in the Lake Powell and Cedar Mesa areas, notably bisecting Bears Ears National Monument and providing the only access to Natural Bridges National Monument.
The eight National Monuments in the state of Utah are: Bears Ears National Monument near San Juan County [2] Cedar Breaks National Monument near Cedar City [1] Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal [1] Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument near Kanab [3] Hovenweep National Monument near Bluff [1] Natural Bridges National Monument near ...
The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.4 million acres (212,000 km 2), for an average of 833 thousand acres (3,370 km 2) but a median of only 220 thousand acres (890 km 2). [8] The national parks set a visitation record in 2021, with more than 92 million visitors. [9]
It is spanned by Sipapu Bridge, one of the largest natural bridges in the world. [2] The canyon begins in the foothills of the Abajo Mountains and passes through Natural Bridges National Monument before emptying into Lake Powell. Utah State Route 95 parallels the inner gorge of the canyon for much of its length. [3]