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Colorado River Indian Hollow, Grand Canyon North Rim: Use: Hiking Backpacking: Elevation change: 4,400 ft (1,300 m) Highest point: North Rim, 6,400 ft (2,000 m) Lowest point: Colorado River, 2,000 ft (610 m) Difficulty: Strenuous: Season: Early Spring to Late Fall: Sights: Grand Canyon Colorado River Thunder River Tapeats Creek: Hazards: Severe ...
The park is located in southwestern Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of and 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Zion National Park. [6] [7]Bryce Canyon National Park lies within the Colorado Plateau geographic province of North America and straddles the southeastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau west of Paunsaugunt Faults (Paunsaugunt is Paiute for "home of the beaver"). [8]
Deer Creek Trail lies along the Continental Divide of the Americas, part of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the White River National Forest , Summit County . Deer Creek Trail is south of Colorado Highway 6 , east of Keystone Resort and near Montezuma .
After 2 miles (3 km) of steep descent, the trail levels off along the Esplanade Sandstone until the junction with the Thunder River Trail. This junction marks the lower terminus of the trail. The trail is named for Bill Hall who was a seasonal park ranger on the North Rim who was killed in the line of duty (automobile accident) in 1979.
Deer Creek is a stream that flows through the western part of the Grand Canyon, in the U.S. state of Arizona, as a right-bank tributary of the Colorado River. A series of natural springs provide for a perennial flow in Deer Creek. During periods of intense rainfall, Deer Creek can experience severe flash flooding.
Thunder River is a river entirely within the Grand Canyon National Park.It flows southeast from its source near the North Rim of the canyon to Tapeats Creek.The 0.5-mile-long (0.80 km) river is one of the shortest in the United States, [a] and drops approximately 1,200 feet (370 m) over a series of waterfalls, making it the steepest river in the country.
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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.