Dead Horse Point State Park

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Dead Horse State Park
View of the Colorado River looking down from Dead Horse Point.
Location	Grand / San Juan counties, Utah, USA
Nearest city	Moab, UtahNearest city: Moab, Utah
Coordinates	38°30′30″N 109°44′32″W / 38.50833°N 109.74222°W / 38.50833; -109.74222Coordinates: 38°30′30″N 109°44′32″W / 38.50833°N 109.74222°W / 38.50833; -109.74222
Governing body	Utah State Parks

Dead Horse Point State Park is a Utah state park adjacent to Canyonlands National Park, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River. The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by cowboys in the 19th century. The plateau is surrounded by sheer cliffs two thousand feet high, with only a narrow neck of land (30 yards wide) connecting the mesa to the main plateau. Thus it was easy for cowboys to simply fence off this narrow neck, and keep rounded up wild horses from running away. Legend has it that one group of horses was inadvertantly left fenced in and eventually died of thirst. The area was also used in the final scene of the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.

[edit] See also

• Utah State Route 313 - Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway

[edit] External links

• Media related to Dead Horse Point State Park at Wikimedia Commons
• Dead Horse Point State Park - Utah Department of Parks and Recreation
• Article on Dead Horse Point from "Moab Happenings Web Site

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