Info/Tip Canyonlands National Park has a few districts, the most popular are Island in the Sky and Needles. Island in the sky is about 30 miles from Moab going north and Needles is about 75 miles from Moab going south. There is no direct route connecting the two districts in the park. Dead Horse point […]
Info/Tip Dead Horse point state park is a Utah State Park. It is about 30 mins from Canyonlands National Park Island In the Sky visitor center. It is worth stopping by if visiting Canyonlands National Park from Moab. Things to do There are several overlooks and hikes, depending on how much time you have. We […]
Info/Tip Weather – In Summer it can get very hot, during our visit it has reached 109 in the afternoon. There is little to no shades in the park, so plan accordingly. We broke our days into early morning and late afternoon visits to the park to avoid the mid day sun. Crowd – Arches […]
Info/Tip Weather – always check weather before going on hikes. Stay out of the canyon if it’s going to rain. Summer monsoon could bring flash flood Prepare your supplies well before going Capitol Reef. There is no big town around the Park. Torrey is the biggest one but we still find the services very limited. […]
Info/Tip Rim Rock Drive is total 23 miles between Fruita, CO and Grand Junction, CO and takes about 1 hour to drive through (without stopping). The Visitor Center is about 4 miles from West side entrance (8 miles from Fruita). We choose to drive from West to East so we can stop at visitor center […]
Info/Tips There are two parts of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park – South Rim and North Rim. There is no direct route connecting South Rim to North Rim, the drive from one to the other is at least 1 hour 45 minutes. South Rim has a visitor center and offers 12 viewpoints. North […]
Info/Tips Park Access/Time entry permit – Check NPS site for latest info. In 2021 summer, two types of permit were offered one with Bear Lake road Corridor access and one without. In 2021 Bear Lake Road permit was enforced from 5am to 6pm. Bear Lake Road can be access before 5am or after 6pm without […]
We originally planned to Canada Rockies in 2020 summer, but Canada boarder was closed due to COVID. Then we moved our target to Colorado Rocky Mountains and forge our plan ready. Unfortunately this plan also faltered in late summer. In the year of 2021, we want to finish what we dropped in 2020. Colorado is […]
When we visited in 2020 due to the pandemic only the self guided historic tour was available, advance reservation was required. No other cave tours were offered. Mammoth Cave River Styx Spring trail A short hike on the heritage trail behind the visitor center to River Styx Spring and green river. Return to Southern states road […]
We decided to drive via Cumberland Cap National Historic Park on our way from Great Smoky Mountain National Park to Mammoth Cave National Park. Since we only have limited time we didn’t do any hikes, just drove up to Pinnacle Overlook and a short stop at the visitor center for kids to do the junior […]