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	Dead Horse Point State Park \| Utah.com
		Dead Horse Point is a promontory of stone surrounded by steep cliffs near Moab, Utah.
		According to one legend, a band of broomtails was left corralled on the Point.
		Dead Horse Point State Park is on SR 313 18 miles off Hwy 191 near Moab.
	www.utah.com /stateparks/dead_horse.htm (400 words)

	State Parks
		Dead Horse Point is a peninsula of rock atop sheer sandstone cliffs.
		Dead Horse Point is situated atop a high plateau at an elevation of about 6,000 feet above sea level.
		From the point, a "layer cake" of geologic time may be viewed, revealing 300 million years of the earth's geologic history.
	www.discovermoab.com /stateparks.htm (1443 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The area the park now occupies was once used as a horse corral, since it is only connected to the "mainland" by very a narrow neck of land.
		By the way, the Gooseneck of the Colorado River visible from Dead Horse Point State Park should not be confused with the Gooseneck Overlook in Capitol Reef National Park, or with Goosenecks State Park.
		The Gooseneck visible from Dead Horse Point State Park is also visible from the Gooseneck Overlook close to the Island In The Sky section of Canyonlands National Park, but that overlook lies at the end of a lengthy unpaved road suitable only for fourwheel drive vehicles.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/ut/dhpsp.htm (671 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah
		Towering 2,000 feet directly above the Colorado River, the mesa referred to as "Dead Horse Point" provides breathtaking views of the canyon country of southeastern Utah and the pinnacles and buttes of Canyonlands National Park.
		Spectacular views of Dead Horse point can also be seen from the Colorado River looking up on our Cataract Canyon and Canyonlands National Park Trip.
		The plants and animals of Dead Horse Point have adapted to a land of scare water and extreme temperatures.
	www.moabadventurecenter.com /sightseeing/deadhorse.php (435 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab, Utah should not be confused with Dead Horse Ranch State Park in near Sedona, Arizona.
		At this point the river turns round a U-shaped bend, leaving an isolated peninsula of higher ground opposite the viewpoint.
		Canyonlands National Park - one area of this park (I believe it is called "Island in the Sky") can also be reached via Utah State Road 313 and according to an unofficial source the roads to the various overlooks are all paved.
	www.grouptravels.com /usa_can/ut/dhpsp.htm (267 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park, Gooseneck State Park, Goblin Valley State Park, Kodachorme Basin State Park, Edge of the ...
		It is 75 miles from Moab, 80 miles from Arches National Park and 104 miles from Canyonlands National Park Island in the Sky and 70 miles from the Needles District.
		Calf Creek is 65 miles from Capitol Reef National Park and 140 miles from the southeast entrance of Zion National Park.
		It is on State Highway 12, east of Escalante.
	www.theoutdoorforum.com /Utah/UtahScenicAreas.htm (811 words)

	Moab Happenings Archive
		The mission of Utah State Parks and Dead Horse Point is “Enhancing the quality of life in Utah through parks, people, and programs” and the staff would like to show that they are dedicated to making your experience safe, clean, and friendly.
		The staff at Dead Horse Point announces its “Visitor’s of the Month” for the month of April as Laura and Bret Nicholson and their 1-year old son Max of Provo, Utah and Jody and Neil Johnson from Lehi, Utah.
		Dead Horse Point is a peninsula of rock atop sheer sandstone cliffs and connected to the mesa by a narrow strip of land called the neck.
	www.moabhappenings.com /Archives/DeadHorse0405.htm (1352 words)

	Moab Bed & Breakfast Inn and lodging, Castle Valley Inn - Moab Utah
		Horse shoe canyon is an all day excursion from the Castle Valley Inn but well worth it.
		Dead Horse Point State Park is situated on 5200 acres.
		This state park has a visitor center with interpretive exhibits, modern rest rooms, 21-unit campground, and a large overlook shelter.
	www.castlevalleyinn.com /region (1076 words)

	Moab Happenings Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		It was the first time visiting the park for both of them and they were “stunned” by the scenery and had no idea that there was such a view point in the Moab area.
		When standing on Dead Horse Point looking south over the vast Colorado River Basin, maybe the most prominent landmark one sees is the “gooseneck” of the Colorado River where the river meanders and takes a 360 degree bend while flowing south-west.
		The ghost horse is actually part of the White Rim formation and has magically eroded away to unmistakably resemble a white horse laying on it’s side.
	www.moabhappenings.com /Archives/DeadHorse0403.htm (1078 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dead Horse Point State Park is a Utah state park adjacent to Canyonlands National Park, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River.
		The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by horse thieves in the 19th Century.
		The area was used as the set for the Grand Canyon scenes in the 1991 film,Thelma and Louise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dead_Horse_Point_State_Park (341 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park, Canyonlands, Utah
		The high grassy plateau between the Green and Colorado rivers has a long history of ranching and cattle grazing, and one episode is remembered by the name given to a narrow promontory that overlooks a large area of eroded red rock cliffs and canyons on the east side.
		Today, most visitors see only Canyonlands which at $10 offers much better value, but the $7 state park is also spectacular and has overlooks of tributary canyons in the northeast that are not visible from the national park.
		The Park: Dead Horse Point is a small state park covering just a few square miles of land at the edge of the plateau just north of the Island in the Sky region, and is reached by a 4 mile side road off the main approach to Canyonlands, just before the national park boundary.
	www.americansouthwest.net /utah/dead_horse_point/state_park.html (432 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park
		Dead Horse Point State Park is a small park with an absolutely outstanding view out over the Colorado River canyon and into Canyonlands National Park.
		The name of the park comes from the legend that cowboys once chased wild horses onto the peninsula and fenced off the narrow 30 yard neck to create a large corral.
		Horses left in the corral when the cowboys left were unable to find their way out and died en masse, leaving just their bleached bones as a reminder.
	www.go-utah.com /click.cfm?campaign=Dead-Horse-Point-State-Park&ad=Listing&targetID=0&url=/Dead-Horse-Point-State-Park (191 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park Info
		Dead Horse Point is likely one of Utah's most scenic state parks.
		Dead Horse Point is located West of Moab and close to the border of Canyonlands National Park.
		Dead Horse Point is a peninsula of rock connected to a large mesa by a narrow strip.
	www.gomoab.com /dead_horse_point.html (166 words)

	Dead Horse Point
		Dead Horse Point State Park is located about 25 miles southwest of Moab, UT. These photos were taken inside the park during our July, 2003 visit.
		The peninsula, 2000 feet above the Colorado River, was used to corral and capture them behind a 50 ft. fence at the neck of the formation.
		Once a herd of unwanted horses was left there, where they died of thirst.
	homepage.mac.com /johntx/DeadHorsePoint.html (77 words)

	Wildernet - Dead Horse State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Attractions - This state park facility is comprised of a visitor center, museum, campground, dump station, group camping area, pavilion and large overlook shelter.
		The fall and spring are the most pleasant times to visit Dead Horse State Park, and also the most crowded, with warm days and cool nights.
		The property lies northwest of the Colorado River and east of the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=UTSPDEHO&CU_ID=145 (416 words)

	Dead Horse Point, Dead Horse Point State Park, Southern Utah - Landscape Stock Photograph - Frank Jensen Photography
		The point juts a thousand feet above the meanders of the Colorado River, the principal architect in a region of buttes, high, isolated mesas, and rem...
		The point juts a thousand feet above the meanders of the Colorado River, the principal architect in a region of buttes, high, isolated mesas, and remote canyons.
		It was named after cowboys drove a herd of wild horses across the narrow neck of the point, culled the best, and left the remainder to find their way back to the desert.
	www.fjphoto.com /stock/stockMain.php?pic=71 (255 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park Visitor Guide
		Dead Horse Point is located on a spur road that splits off Hwy.
		The park entrance is 31 miles southwest of Moab and 40 miles south of I-70.
		At the point of the peninsula is a pleasant picnic area.
	www.go-utah.com /utah/dead-horse-point/state-park.html (298 words)

	Utah State Parks
		Dead Horse Point State Park is located near both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks on State Road 313, 18 miles off Hwy 191 near Moab.
		Water is limited at this point; visitors should fill their recreation vehicle water tanks before visiting the park.
		The Single Park Permit is $50 and allows the cardholder and up to seven guests in the same private vehicle day-use entrance into Dead Horse Point State Park.
	utahtravelcenter.com /stateparks/deadhorse.htm (374 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park: Near Moab, Utah - Scenery - Brief Article Sunset - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The 5,250-acre park sits on a sandstone promontory that drops 2,000 feet to the Colorado River.
		One account has it that the point was named after a group of wild horses rounded up by cowboys.
		The remaining horses were unable to find their way off the point and died.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_5_208/ai_85700462 (212 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park Pictures
		This State Park is in a remote portion of the state with Moab 32 miles away.
		The view from the park of the surrounding canyons and river is spectacular.
		View the panoramic shot of Dead Horse Point Overlook during Sunset (1.4Mb).
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/DeadHorse/DeadHorse.html (194 words)

	Utah Public Lands: Dead Horse Point State Park
		Dead Horse Point is perhaps Utahs most spectacular state park.
		Towering 2,000 feet directly above the Colorado River, Dead Horse Point provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands sculptured pinnacles and buttes.
		Dead Horse Point is on State Route 313, 18 miles off Highway 191 near Moab.
	www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Utah/public_lands/Dead_Horse_Point_State_Park.html (132 words)

	Dead Horse Point - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		The spectacular drop-off of Dead Horse Point and the view of the path cut by the Colorado River are the reasons why most tourists make a stopover at Dead Horse Point State Park from the nearby national parks of Arches and Canyonlands.
		Today the park is in the heart of the Moab activity center, including river rafting, mountain biking and hiking.
		More information on the park is available at parks.state.ut.us/parks/www1/dead.htm.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,30000047,00.html (270 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Dead Horse Point State Park at Epinions.com
		I have been to Dead Horse Point a few times, and have learned that it is truly sublime in the off season.
		Dead Horse Point State Park, in mid-east Utah, has one of the most dramatic Panoramic views in the United States.
		The park itself is quite small, having only one small campground, the ranger station and barracks, and a well-constructed...
	www.epinions.com /park-Parks-All-UT-Dead_Horse_Point_State_Park (252 words)

	Campground Details - Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah - ReserveAmerica
		Towering 2,000 feet directly above the Colorado River, Dead Horse Point State Park provides a breathtaking panorama of the sculptured pinnacles and buttes of Canyonlands National Park.
		All water is trucked to the park from Moab.
		Dead Horse group area holds a minimum of 12 people/maximum of 30 people.
	www.reserveamerica.com /campgroundDetails.do?subTabIndex=0&agency=ut&parkCode=dhsp (201 words)

	10-Dead Horse Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The legend has it that a cowboy herded wild horses over the narrow land passage leading to the point, fenced off the narrow neck, but then forgot to feed and water the horses.
		The view from the point of the upper Colorado River area is wide and wonderful, though.
		We stayed four nights in Moab, Utah, which is next to Arches, and near to Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands.
	www.people.cornell.edu /pages/rpn1/dead-point_10.htm (154 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search: Dead Horse Point State Park
		There are many different stories of how the point, which is only 30 yards wide at its neck, got its name.
		Confused by the terrain and unable to find their way off the point, the horses died of thirst within sight of the Colorado River 2,000 feet below.
		The park is located on State Route 313, 32 miles northwest of Moab.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/419lln.html (242 words)

	Scenic state parks
		Utah's Dead Horse Point State Park is a peninsula surrounded not by water, but by air.
		It was a movement that led to the creation of California's state park system, which now has 266 parks.
		The 10,000-acre park extends down toward the Pacific to the beach and wetlands of Malibu Lagoon State Beach.
	www.sunset.com /sunset/Premium/Travel/2002/05-May/Parks0502/Scenery0502.html (712 words)

	Travel Photo Gallery - Dead Horse Point
		Snow at Dead Horse Point State Park – 28 viewsSnow is an infrequent visitor at Dead Horse Point Point - a jutting escarpment of Wingate sandstone cliffs towering 2,000 feet above the Colorado River.
		View from Dead Horse Point State Park – 34 viewsOne of 44 state parks and popular location for filmmakers, Dead Horse Point is close to Moab, Utah.
		Dead Horse Point State Park – 19 viewsDead Horse Point State Park Southeastern Utah
	travel.utah.gov /apps/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=61 (98 words)

	Dead Horse Point State Park \| Moab Utah USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		One time a herd of unwanted horses was left out there, where they died of thirst.
		Dead Horse Point State Park's 5200 acres is managed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, a division of the Utah Departmentof Natural Resources.
		The park is open year round and camping is limited to two consecutive weeks per month.
	www.moab-utah.com /photo/deadhorsepoint (169 words)

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