Road trip USA southwestern National parks, September 20 - October 10 2016

Maps (clickable):

This trip had two purposes:

• Participating in the 5IEE (5th International EarthCache Event) in Denver (one day)
• Road trip to a number of national parks etc., with focus on earth caching

Earth caches (within geocaching) focus on geology, and are often located on interesting places. Thus a trip combining interesting national parks and earth caching was feasible.

The trip basically started in Denver, and Rocky Mountains, and ended in Las Vegas (Red Rock Canyon) after 3 weeks, with a distance of around 4000 km (2500 miles). The Colorado River was always present.

We covered the parks below, and it is astonishing how different the parks are. It is really a fascinating landscape.

Road trip pictures:

National parks

• Rocky Mountain (CO)
• Arches (UT)
• Capitol Reef (UT)
• Bryce Canyon (UT)
• Grand Canyon (AZ)

Other parks etc.

• Colorado National Monument (CO)
• Monument Valley (AZ)
• Natural Bridges National Monument (UT)
• Kodachrome Basin State Park (UT)
• Red Canyon (UT)
• Navajo National Monument (AZ)
• Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (NV)

Photos, and a short description of each part of the  trip, will be found when clicking on the links at the headers, or on the photos.

Road trip pictures