Desert Hawk Books

 

The Colorado Plateau:
A Complete Guide to the National Parks and Monuments of Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, Western Colorado, and Northwestern New Mexico

by John A. Murray

 

 

It is not enough, of course, to stand on the overlook and peer into this, or any country. One must, or at least I must, walk into it, touch it, smell it, even spill some blood on it, courtesy of a yucca spine or cactus barb. That is what this book is all about—helping you to understand and explore this rich and varied landscape.

This is the first comprehensive guide to the national parks and monuments of this spectacular region, an indispensable travel guide that urges the reader to explore the land of the Colorado Plateau with one of America's best-loved nature writers. This ideal trip planner provides:

• Detailed descriptions of the twenty-eight different parks and monuments on the Colorado Plateau
• Suggested trip itineraries, broken down by length and area Icons for easy reference to key camping, hiking, and water areas, and significant photographic opportunities and archaeological sites
• A full-color visual tour of the region, complete with an essay on landscape photography and suggested field exercises
• A detailed introduction to the human and natural histories of the area

Experience for yourself this "enormous outdoor museum, a living gallery in which those Old World masters—earth, wind, water, and fire—continually practice, and refine, their craft."

John A. Murray lives in Denver, CO and is also the author of Cinema Southwest: Out Of Print, and Mythmakers of the West: Shaping America's Imagination.