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Canyonlands National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons , mesas , and buttes by the Colorado River , the Green River , and their respective tributaries.
Transwestern Airlines 1977/1980, Piper Navajos to Salt Lake City and Blanding, Utah. [8] Alpine Air 1984 through the latter 1990s, Pipers to Salt Lake City. [9] The OAG shows no air service to Moab for several years in the late 1990s. Sunrise Airlines 2000 thru early 2001 with BAe Jetstream 31's to Salt Lake City.
Though SR-279 was completed in 1962, SR-278 was never constructed. In 1975, the proposal for SR-278 was cancelled. In its place, the Utah Department of Transportation assigned SR-313, assuming maintenance for what was local roads. [6] The original roadbed featured blind switchbacks and an 11% grade on the descent into Seven Mile canyon.
The library's main branch is in Moab, Utah and a second branch is located in Castle Valley, Utah. [1] The library's mission is to serve as a freely accessible resource that connects people, information, and ideas to inspire, empower, and enrich all members of the community. [2]
In 1881 the area was known as Grand Valley, and Moab was a "wild west" town. A 1991 visitor to Moab later said it was the toughest town in Utah because the area and surrounding country have many deep canyons, rivers, mountains, and wilderness areas, becoming a hideout for outlaws. The local economy was initially based on farming and livestock.
The Rectory [1] is a 6,565-ft (2,001 m) sandstone summit in Grand County of Utah, United States.The Rectory is located at Castle Valley, Utah, near the city of Moab.The Rectory is a thin 200 feet (61 m) wide, and 1,000 feet (305 m) long north-to-south butte with 200 ft vertical Wingate Sandstone walls tower standing on a 1,000 foot Moenkopi-Chinle base.
The entire length of SR-279 has been designated the Potash – Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway by the Utah State Legislature, [2] however is known locally as Potash Road. [ 3 ] This highway was intended to be part of a longer highway, State Route 278 , that was to scale the canyon walls between Moab and Dead Horse Point State Park .
Moab Regional Hospital is a non-profit, critical access hospital with a Level IV Trauma Center in Moab, Utah. It opened on February 14, 2011. It opened on February 14, 2011. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]