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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 ...
English: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) map of Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, United States, with an overlay added using GIMP to indicate the reduced boundaries—proclaimed in December 2017—as the two areas shaded green with a green (partially brown) outline for the original boundaries. The northern area is Indian Creek and the ...
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 Bears Ears are bordered on the west by Dark Canyon Wilderness and Beef Basin, on the east by Comb Ridge and on the north by Indian Creek and Canyonlands National Park. Rising 2,000 feet (610 m) above Cedar Mesa to the south, the Bears Ears reach 8,700 feet (2,700 m) in elevation and are named for their resemblance to the ears of a bear ...
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 ...
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.
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The Sixshooter Peaks are two iconic sandstone summits located in Bears Ears National Monument in San Juan County, Utah, United States. [2] [3] The larger and higher North Sixshooter Peak rises to an elevation of 6,379 feet (1,944 meters), whereas South Sixshooter Peak rises to 6,154 feet, with approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) separation between the two. [4]