Canyonlands Photo Gallery
The Island in the Sky district is the easiest to get to and gets 59% of the visitors, only 3% visit the difficult to get to Maze District.
Photos of Island in the Sky appear first (18), followed by the Needles district (9), from Needles and Anticline overlooks (7), Maze district (3), and two views of the Great Gallery Panel in the Maze district.
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![View of La Sal Mountains from an overlook across the road from the visitor center View of La Sal Mountains](images/IMG_0439.jpg)
![<q>Canyonlands at Sunset</q> - a view across the White Rim from an overlook at Canyonlands Island in the Sky Canyonlands at Sunset](images/446350_canyonlands.jpg)
![View into Shafer Basin with Shafer Trail above the switchbacks, then in the basin below the switchbacks View into Shafer Basin](images/16_21_1567_canyonlands.jpg)
![Shafer Trail switchbacks descending from Island in the Sky to the White Rim Trail and Shafer Trail/Potash Road Shafer Trail Switchbacks](images/42468156.jpg)
![View of the Shafer Trail switchbacks and Shafer Basin from the Shafer Canyon overlook Shafer Basin](images/IMG_0408.jpg)
![View of the White Rim, White Rim Trail, and Green River from the Island in the Sky Green River overlook Green River overlook](images/IMG_0416.jpg)
![Green River from Hardscrabble Hill, Canyonlands Island in the Sky District Green River from Hardscrabble Hill](images/5A586E80.jpg)
![Rock fall on Hardscrabble Hill on the White Rim Trail, Canyonlands Island in the Sky District Rock Fall on Hardscrabble Hill](images/P8230338.jpg)
![<q>Hi, Mom!</q> On the White Rim in Canyonlands Island in the Sky Hi Mom!](images/11210516255.jpg)
![Musselman Arch near the eastern boundary of Canyonlands and Green River, not very far south of Dead Horse Point Musselman Arch](/WhiteRimTrail/WhiteRimTrail/images/DCP_7367.jpg)
![Backcountry motion-sensing camera photo of a Black Bear in Canyonlands National Park Black Bear in Canyonlands](images/65D95AA2.jpg)
![<q>Canyon and Clouds</q> as viewed along the White Rim Trail Canyon and Clouds](/WhiteRimTrail/WhiteRimTrail/images/canyon-and-clouds.jpg)
![Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky District Mesa Arch](images/5A73B5B6.jpg)
![Mountain Bikers on a good section of the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky District Mountain Bikers on White Rim Trail](images/5A20C66D.jpg)
![Upheaval Dome in Island in the Sky District. There is controversy over its geology - salt dome or impact crater? Upheaval Dome](images/Upheavaldomeincanyonlands.jpg)
![People on top of Whale Rock, beside/near Upheaval Dom People on Whale Rock](images/IMG_0419.jpg)
![Early morning photo of Candlestick Tower, Green River barely visible at the bottom of Labrynth Canyon Candlestick Tower](images/CandlestickTower.jpg)
![Edge view of Candlestick Tower in the Island of the Sky district Butte in Canyonlands](images/Butte_in_Canyonlands.jpg)
![Utah 211 in the canyon between US191 and the Needles district visitor center Utah 211 Canyon](images/IMG_0329.jpg)
![View in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park The Needles District of Canyonlands](images/Canyonlands_Needles.jpg)
![<q>Chesler Park</q> in Canyonlands Needles District Chesler Park](images/5A900075.jpg)
![Geology in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park Geology in Canyonlands](images/IMG_0261.jpg)
![Geology in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park Geology in Canyonlands](images/IMG_0256.jpg)
![Geology in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park including the Wooden Shoe Arch Geology in Canyonlands](images/IMG_0284.jpg)
![<q>Wooden Shoe Arch,</q> telephoto shot of previous image Geology in Canyonlands](images/IMG_0302.jpg)
![Geology in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park Geology in Canyonlands](images/IMG_0303.jpg)
![<q>The Molar and Angel Arch</q> in the Needles district of Canyonlands The Molar and Angel Arch](images/The_Molar_and_Angel_Arch.jpg)
![View south from Needles overlook with the Abajo Mountains on the horizon view south from Needles overlook](images/IMG_0018.jpg)
![View into Canyonlands from Needles overlook View from Needles overlook](images/dsc_0215_0.jpg)
![<q>Standing on the edge at Needles overlook</q> On the edge at the overlook](images/IMG_0097.jpg)
![View from Needles overlook at sunset View from Needles overlook at sunset](images/p6040193.jpg)
![View from Anticline overlook of the Colorado in Meander Canyon before it enters Canyonlands View from Anticline overlook](images/IMG_0035.jpg)
![View from Anticline overlook of the Colorado in Meander Canyon and potash ponds View from Anticline overlook](images/IMG_0040.jpg)
![View from Anticline overlook into Meander Canyon, the car parked at the bend is nearly invisible View from Anticline overlook](images/IMG_0044.jpg)
![<q>Chocolate Drops</q> in Canyonlands Maze District Chocolate Drops](images/5A6F086b.jpg)
![Left section of the Great Gallery Panel Left section Great Gallery](images/GreatGalleryedit.jpg)
![Great Gallery Panel in the Horseshoe Canyon District of Canyonlands Great Gallery panel](images/GreatGalleryPanel.jpg)
![View from the Maze Overlook with <q>Chocolate Drops</q> on the horizon Maze overlook](images/mz2010.jpg)