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Dead Horse Point State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
View of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park from Dead Horse Point
Map showing the location of Dead Horse Point State Park
Map showing the location of Dead Horse Point State Park
Location of Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah
Map showing the location of Dead Horse Point State Park
Map showing the location of Dead Horse Point State Park
Dead Horse Point State Park (the United States)
LocationSan Juan County, Utah, U.S.
Coordinates38°30′30″N 109°44′32″W / 38.50833°N 109.74222°W / 38.50833; -109.74222
Area5,300 acres (21 km2)[1]
Elevation5,900 ft (1,800 m)[2]
Established1959[2]
Visitors560,783 (in 2017)[3]
OperatorUtah State Parks
Websitestateparks.utah.gov/stateparks/parks/dead-horse/
view of large red rock canyon
View from Dead Horse Point lookout

Dead Horse Point State Park is a state park in San Juan County, Utah in the United States, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park.[4] The park opened to the public in 1959 and covers 5,362 acres (2,170 ha) of high desert at an altitude of 5,900 feet (1,800 m).

  1. ^ "Dead Horse Point State Park Resource Management Plan" (PDF). Utah State Parks. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 13, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Dead Horse Point State Park: About the Park". Utah State Parks. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "Utah State Park 2017 Visitation" (PDF). Utah State Parks Planning. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Leigh, Rufus Wood (1961). Five hundred Utah place names: their origin and significance. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press. p. 17.

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