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Information for those wanting to
vacation in the Grand Circle Region of Utah and Arizona
Grand Circle Links
These sites are highly recommended for photos and additional info. - checked
Aug 99
Images
- Eric Praetzel's
vacation pictures - A good representative sample of pictures
- Utah
State University, Dept of Geology and Earth resources, for info on geology of
Utah click here
- University of Utah,
Dept of Geology and Geophysics
- North Rim of
Grand Canyon - infowest
- Fine Arts South West
- Fine Arts Canyonlands and
Arches
- Arizona Image
Gallery
- Meteor crater
a NASA pic
- The American
Southwest - John Crossley, first rate
- Red Rock Reflections of Southern
Utah - great pics and lots of text from a lover of the Red Rock region.
- Rafting
through the Grand Canyon by Philip Greenspun for the Web Travel Review
- National Parks of the South West -
pictures maps etc
- Images of the
Grand Circle - my pics
Government National Park Service
(all NP's in USA)
- National Parks: (visitation M/year)
- Arches UT (0.86)
- Bryce UT (1.75)
- Canyonlands UT (0.5)
- Capitol Reef UT (0.7)
- Grand Canyon AZ (5.0+)
- Petrified Forest AZ (0.83)
- Zion UT (2.6)
- National Monuments
- Natural Bridges UT (135,000
people/year)
- Rainbow Bridge UT (Access by boat
across Lake Powell 300,000 people/year)
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
UT/AZ
- Cedar Breaks UT
- Canyon de Chelly AZ
- Sunset Crater Volcano AZ (200,000
people/year)
- Wupatki AZ
- Walnut Canyon AZ (150,000
people/year)
- Navajo AZ
- Hubbell Trading Post National
Historic Site AZ
- Pipe Spring AZ (55,000 people/year)
State Parks (official sites)
- Utah State Parks
map
- Goosenecks State
Park
- Kodachrome Basin
State Park
- Escalante State Park
- Anasazi State Park
- Dead Horse Point
State Park (close to Canyonlands N entrance)
- Arizona State Parks
- Slide Rock
State Park
- [State Parks]
(unofficial site)
Official sites
- Grand Canyon Official site,
Grand Canyon Explorer The unofficial site
- Meteor Crater official site
(300,000 people/year), also The
Barringer Meteorite Crater
Independent commercial sites
Go Utah Travel and Recreation
Guide- The best guide, Travel Packets
- DesertUSA - an online
travel and adventure guide to the desert regions of the American Southwest.
- GORP - Great Outdoor
Recreation Pages (S
Utah,
G
Canyon)
- Utah's
National Parks - The Grand Circle -
American Park
Network
- Grand
Circle - GroupTravel Network - Tourist attractions and places worth
visiting
- Entertainment Magazine
On-Line (EMOL.org) presents a virtual look at the state of Arizona
- Colorcountry (Zion,
Bryce,
N Rim,
Capitol
reef, Canyonlands
Escalante)
- Utah Color Country Zion and
Bryce
- Southwest Utah - The Insider
Guide
- Zion infowest
- Bryce
infowest
- Lake Powell
infowest
- Canyonlands
(Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef) infowest
- Petrified
forest - Great Outdoor Recreation
Pages
Travel Packets brochures
- Grand Circle Travel Packet
- Travel Packets
- Request A Free Grand
Circle Travel Planner:
Local tourist boards
- Utah Travel Council
- Utah recreation - includes info on
all Utah NP
- The official Moab Utah home page
- Moab Information site -
Moab is close to Canyonlands and Arches NP's
- Canyonlands Regional
homepage(Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef) - useful travel planning info
on area
- Sedona AZ - web site
- San Juan County (Canyonlands,
Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, Rainbow Bridge ++)
- Arizona Highways On-line ,
Arizona highways
links
- Arizona guide Arizona office of
tourism
Organisations
- Grand Circle Association - a
non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the incredible year-round
vacation opportunities available in the four corners area of the southwestern
United States.
- Canyonlands Natural History
Association (Arches, Canyonlands, Natural Bridges and more) - Electronic
Bookstore
- Navajo.com Native American website
Personal sites
- THE AMERICAN
SOUTHWEST - first rate site
- Grand Canyon Explorer Page - very good
- Max Bertola's Southern Utah - good
(he will even help you plan your vacation)
- Bicentennial
Scenic Byway
- USA and
Canada Holiday Hints - hints on the States from a fellow Brit (excellent)
- Utah Tour 95 -
an amusing site
- Escalante, Utah,
by Mike Stimpson
- Monument
Valley very good resource
- Fly Drive USA Travel to America on
Holiday - useful planning UK to US fly drives
Tour operators
- All Grand Canyon Tours
All tours in the Grand Canyon South Rim area
- All Las Vegas Tours All
tours from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon
- Vaughan's Southwest Custom
Tours, Inc.
- Arizona Circle Tours mainly
Arizona, but some tours include Zion and Bryce
- bicycle tours of the state
of Utah.
- GROUND, BOAT
& AIR TOURS at Lake Powell & Page, AZ
- Hondoo Rivers & Trails -
11 horseback and 4WD vehicle trips
- Monument Valley
Trailrides
- Raft Utah
- Central Reservations of Southern
Utah/Nevada (SUN)
- ATV WILDERNESS TOURS
- Escalante Canyon Outfitters of
Southern Utah
- Western Destinations
is a full service Destination Management Company or receptive operator prepared
to take care of all your needs when you plan your group's intinery.
- Outdoor Source Southern Utah's
first and foremost fly fishing and outdoor adventure guide service. Hiking and
biking.
- Kolob Canyon Air
Service, Cedar City - tours start at $18/10 min to $139 for 2 hrs.
- Aladdin Air Helicopter
Terminal - located on Hwy 12 near Bryce
Remote Cabins and Hotels etc. - these are all remote, some more than
others and some really weird!
- Fry Canyon Lodge Utah's most
remote desert lodge - Hwy 95 between Natural Bridges and Glen Canyon (I have
visited and it is very remote, pop.3)
- Desert Rose Inn &
Cabins, (Bluff, Utah, pop. 300) New 30 room hotel plus cabins. Close to
Monument Valley, Natural Bridges, Valley of the Gods, Hovenweep National
Monument, Goosenecks state park.
- Mt. Carmel Junction Best
Western close to Zion NP (I have stayed)
- Torrey Best Western
close to Capitol Reef (I have stayed in a suite with view of Capitol Reef)
- Valley of the
Gods beautiful isolated stone ranch house overlooking Valley of the
Gods - just North of Mexican Hat, Utah (I have visited)
- Creekside Plateau
Townhomes in beautiful Kanab Utah - an alternative to a hotel, daily
and weekly rates. Close to Zion, Bryce and lake Powell
- Rim Rock Inn - Stunning
view of Capitol Reef and cheaper than the adjacent
Best Western which
is also great and isolated and I have stayed there.
- Mexican Hat Lodge
(pop. 50) - close to Monument Valley
- Anasazi Inn,
Gray Mountain 40 miles north of Flagstaff on Hwy 89. Ideal location for
S Rim of Grand Canyon. 112 rooms. Ideal for those wanting to avoid the
traffic of Flagstaff. $80 in Sep $70 in Aug. Tel 520 679 2214
- Marble Canyon
Lodge, 125 miles North of Flagstaff on 89A, on Colorado River at Lee's
Ferry close to Vermillion Cliffs, very remote (Tel 1-800-726-1789,
1-520-355-2225)
- Caineville Cove Inn: 435-456-9900 or 435-456-9133 close to Capitol
Reef
- Luna Mesa Oasis, Caineville : 435-456-9122 close to Capitol Reef (11
miles east)
Moab area attractions
- Moab Information site -
Moab is close to Canyonlands and Arches NP's
- Redtail
Aviation Flights over Canyonlands, Monument Valley and more, very
reasonable prices.
- Arches-Classic
Helicopters
Grand Canyon and Flagstaff attractions
- Flagstaff Arizona Online
- Grand Canyon Tourist
Center's web site
- Lowell Observatory Flagstaff
- Kenai Helicopters. South Rim
- Grand Canyon Airlines
(Plane $75/50 minutes)
- Air Grand Canyon (various
tours by plane from $80-$200, custom tours to Utah NP available)
- Westwind Aviation - tours of
Sedona, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and Lake Powell - pickup from Scottsdale
and Phoenix area
- Grand Canyon Railway - Williams to
Grand Canyon - Steam loco in peak season, diesel off-peak
- White water raft trips also
Westwater Canyon Colorado River
- Papillon Grand Canyon
Helicopters - tours from Las Vegas and Grand Canyon
- The Barringer Meteorite
Crater 40 miles east of Flagstaff.
Other adjacent States
- Nevada - Las Vegas
- Mesa Verde Country - Colorado
CD-ROM
- Finley-Holiday An interactive
CD-ROM of the Grand Circle tour ($25 + P&P) , plus videos etc.
- Finley-Holiday NP
Videos
- Explore the Grand Canyon (CD-ROM with virtual tour maps info etc
etc), email: grandcanyon@coriolis.com

Grand Canyon Explorer web site
If you know of any other good links that I can use here
please let
me know.
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