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Map of the original monument boundaries (March 2017) Bears Ears National Monument and the Dark Canyon Wilderness from ISS, 2023. The monument is co-managed by the BLM and the USFS (the Monticello Unit of the Manti-La Sal National Forest), [12] along with a coalition of five local Native American tribes [13] —Navajo, Hopi, Ute Mountain Ute, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ...
The Dark Canyon Ruins are a collection of ancient Puebloan ruins in southeastern Utah found in Dark Canyon Wilderness, part of Bears Ears National Monument. At least 72 archaeological sites have been identified in the Beef Basin-Dark Canyon Plateau area. [2] The ruins mostly consist of cliff dwellings, ceramics, and petroglyph art.
Moon House (sometimes written as Moonhouse) is a Pueblo III-period cliff dwelling located in southeastern Utah on Cedar Mesa in Bears Ears National Monument. It was created by the Ancestral Puebloan peoples between 1150 and 1300. Interior view of Moon House showing some of the designs on the surfaces of the structures.
Hidden inside the caves of alcoves of a remote stretch of Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, River House Ruins is an ancient Pueblo dwelling carved into the rugged red rock ...
The center of the mesa is located at approximately 37°26'N and 109°55'W, at an elevation of 6,500 feet (2,000 m). The surrounding terrain has a typical elevation of just 4,200 feet (1,300 m) Most of Cedar Mesa is included in the newly declared (2016) Bears Ears National Monument. Arch Canyon, Utah
The Valley of the Gods is a scenic sandstone valley near Mexican Hat in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, United States.Part of Bears Ears National Monument, the Valley of the Gods is located north of Monument Valley across the San Juan River and has rock formations similar to those in Monument Valley with tall, reddish brown mesas, buttes, towers and mushroom rocks, remnants of an ancient ...
The last four miles (6.4 km) of the main canyon drop steeply through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area into Lake Powell. On December 28, 2016 President Barack Obama proclaimed the 1.35 million acre Bears Ears National Monument, that includes both the Dark Canyon Wilderness and the adjacent Dark Canyon Primitive Area.
Utah is appealing a federal judge's decision to toss out the state's latest case over the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.