The day after arriving in Green River after traveling through Bryce Canyon National Park and Capitol Reef National Park I get an early start on what would be a long day. I took I-70 eastward into Grand County and followed the multiplexed US 191 south from the freeway towards Moab to Utah State Route 313. My start to the day was in Canyonlands National Park in the Island of the Sky District. This blog serves as the 14th Part of the 2016 Fall Mountain Series; Part 13 can be found here: 2016 Fall Mountain Trip; Utah State Route 24, Capitol Reef National Park, and Goblin Valley State Park UT 313 connects to Grand View Point Road which is the main route through the Island of Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. From UT 313 I made my way south to the tip of the Island of the Sky on Grand View Point Road to Grand View Point for view during sunrise over the confluence of the Colorado River and Green River in addition to the La Sal Mountains. Canyonlands Nat...
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