About 35 miles from Moab in southeast Utah, Canyonlands National Park is divided into three segments that are separated by the Colorado and Green Rivers, which flow through Canyonlands.

Canyonlands National Park is world-famous and one of the best places to visit in Utah. You can barely get a glimpse of the rivers from the rim, but you will see many sandstone pillars, canyon mazes, and unbroken scarp on the canyon sides.

One segment or district is a high mesa called the Island in the Sky, a headland about 2,000 feet above the rivers. South of this area, you can find the Needles with pinnacles stripped in red and white bands that tower over sheer-walled valleys and grassy parks, 400 feet up.

The third segment is the Maze, a remote, pristine area of narrow clefts and tall spires across the river. Canyonlands were home to the Ancient Pueblo people, who built kivas, round rooms that are still standing all around the park.

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