 Canyonlands National Park |
 Monument Valley |
 Bryce |
 Zion |
 Grand Canyon, North Rim |
 Grand Canyon, South Rim |
Geological Information
The uniqueness of these parks is due to their unique geology. If you are interested in geology, I recommend examining the following references before you go (or take them with you):- http://www.und.edu/instruct/mineral/104parks/04-colopl.pdf
National Parks of the Colorado Plateau. Page 12 has a nice diagram for Canyonlands - http://www.navtec.com/pdf/info_geology.pdf
Canyonlands Geology - http://www.utahgeology.org/road_logs/uga-29_first_edition/OP_guide/mvtribar.pdf
A geological walk-through of Monument Valley. Page 29 has a copy of a 1969 geological map of the park. - http://www.astrobio.nau.edu/~koerner/ast184l/park_guides/ziontrai.pdf
Geological trail guide to Zion - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_National_Park
Wikipedia’s entry on Zion has some helpful geological information - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Grand_Canyon_area
Wikipedia has a special entry for Grand Canyon Geology - http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm
Grand Canyon Geology - http://www.rockhounds.com/grand_hikes/geology/overview.shtml
About three-quarters of the way down the page is an excellent annotated picture of the Grand Canyon’s geological layers.