Experience the Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a geographic province located in the Southwestern United States. It is characterized by tablelands, volcanic peaks, and deeply etched plateaus dissected by the Colorado River and its tributaries. The Colorado Plateau encompasses 130,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Elevations range from about 1,200 feet (at Lake Mead) to 12,365 feet (Humphreys Peak, San Francisco Mountain). It is home to one million people, including ten Native American tribes and numerous rare species of plants and animals.

: Buckskin Gulch, Arizona.

: Coal Mine Canyon, Arizona

: Strawberry Crater, Arizona

: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

: Petrified Forest, Arizona

: Sedona, Arizona

: The Wave, Arizona.

: Black River, White Mountains, Arizona.

: Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona

: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

: Sedona, Arizona

: Clear Creek, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

: Henry Mountains, Utah

: Painted Desert, Arizona.

: Water Tank, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.

: Chevelon Lake, Mogollon Rim, Arizona.

: Sunset Crater, Arizona.

: Red Mountain Cinder Cone, Arizona.

: Monument Valley, Arizona

: Painted Desert, Arizona

: Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona

: San Francisco Mountain, Arizona

: Inner Basin of the San Francisco Mountains, Arizona.

: Painted Desert, Arizona

: Painted Desert, Arizona.

: Delicate Arch, Arches National Monument, Utah

: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

: View from Wupatki National Monument, Arizona.

: Painted Desert, Arizona

: Painted Desert, Arizona.

: Sedona, Arizona

: Sycamore Falls, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.

: Canyonlands National Park, Utah

: Canyonlands National Park, Utah

: Valley of the Gods, Utah.

: Red buds in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

: Wupatki National Monument, Arizona

: View from Munds Mountain, Arizona.

: Petrified Wood in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.

: Big Lake, White Mountains, Arizona.