Parks Near Moab

Perched 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, Dead Horse Point offers some of the most breathtaking panoramic views in Utah and is a certified International Dark Sky Park for world-class stargazing.

Utah's largest national park encompasses 337,598 acres of dramatic desert wilderness carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers into deep canyons, towering mesas, and soaring buttes across three distinct districts.

Utah's newest state park (opened 2025) preserves 6,500 acres of red rock desert and the Dalton Wells paleontological site where the Utahraptor — the largest known raptor dinosaur — was discovered.

Home to over 2,000 natural stone arches, Arches National Park showcases one of the world's most extraordinary concentrations of red rock formations, including the iconic Delicate Arch and Landscape Arch.