What You Need
To enter the park from April 3 through October 3, 2022, visitors will need three things:
- Timed Entry Ticket
- Photo ID
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Park Entrance Fee OR valid Park Pass (includes Annual, Senior, Access, Military, 4th Grade, or Volunteer passes). See all qualifying Entrance Fees and Passes.
Ticketed entry will run from 6 am to 5 pm daily.
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Timed Entry Tickets will not be required for those with camping, backcountry, Fiery Furnace, or special use permits; nor those with concessions contracts, commercial use authorizations, or academic fee waivers.
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Creative Use for CNHA Round-up Donations |
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CNHA granted funds that were requested by the National Park Service to former Community Artist in the Park, Pete Apicella, to paint two educational panels (one in each vault toilet) at Mineral Bottom. These funds were made available through the round up donation program at the cash registers in Canyonlands National Park. This is a continuation of a project started at the Potash boat ramp near Moab, where another former community artist, Katrina Lund, painted a series of murals.
The vault toilets are on BLM land at the popular boat ramp at Mineral Bottom but the National Park Service maintains the toilets. Canoers and rafters use this ramp for taking out of the Green River upper stretches of Labyrinth Canyon or as a put in for Stillwater Canyon, down to the confluence of the Colorado River and on to Cataract Canyon.
Who doesn’t look around and think when they sit down to use the bathroom? This project is trying to capitalize on that period of time someone is looking at a blank wall, to engage them in an educational moment. Art is a powerful medium and with some pointed thought, we can express something that educates and informs a user. The thought is to help make visitors be more excited about their trip and the things that have happened or are happening around them. One mural honors the journeys of John Wesley Powell that passed through the area 150 and 152 years ago. The other vault toilet mural is of native fish and other riparian species.
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MIC Resumes Full Lecture Series |
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Canyonlands Natural History Association (CNHA)
Thursday’s @ 5:00 p.m.
April 21 ~ Joel Tuhy ~ Wildflowers by the Numbers ~ In 2011 we saw Wildflowers by the Letter. Now in 2022 we will see Wildflowers by the Numbers ~ i.e., flower or plant parts that each have a specific “Count”: One of something, Two of something, Three of something, etc. Join us and see for yourself!
May 5 ~ Robert Anderson ~ Soundscapes: How Noise Pollution Influences Wildlife Patterns and Visitor Experience Within Canyonlands NP ~ Beep Beep Beep! Tweet tweet! Sounds are all around us and play an important role in our experience with the landscape. The National Park Service is beginning to understand the relationship between sound and the inherent resources within the park. By preserving the natural sound we all can enjoy our national wonders a little more.
May 26 ~ Walt Dabney ~ Public Lands: Where, Why and How? ~ Join former National Park Superintendent Walt Dabney for answers to these questions and more: Where did our Public Lands come from? What was the effect of the Homestead Act and the Railroad Act? How were National Parks and Forests established? Why are these lands held “in common”, so important to us today? Past and current public lands issues are addressed in this hour long presentation. Questions and discussion time to follow.
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Special Wednesday Lecture May 11, 5:00 p.m. ~ Lisa Horstman ~ Torrey in the Land of Arches ~ Join author and illustrator, Lisa Horstman, for an evening of intrigue and imagination as she tells us the story of developing the characters in her book “Torrey in the Land of Arches”. Lisa is in town working on a companion book for Canyonlands. Stay tuned....
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Manti La Sal History & Culture |
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Did you know one of the peaks of the La Sal Mountains is named after District Ranger Rudolph E. Mellenthin? |
Ranger Mellenthin was killed in the line of duty on August 23, 1918, after tracking and confronting an army deserter with two San Juan County deputies at Pine Bluff in the La Sal National Forest. He joined the Forest Service on August 1, 1909 and was assigned to the Moab District on the La Sal National Forest where he served until his death at the age of 34. Before his time with the Forest Service, Ranger Mellenthin had served with the German army. He was survived by his wife and children and is buried in Grand Valley Cemetery, Moab, Utah. Ranger Mellenthin’s name is on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC. |
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Recreating on Cedar Mesa and Bears Ears |
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Overnight Backpacking and Moon House Permits |
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The Kane Gulch Ranger Station will be open in a limited capacity for the 2022 spring season (3/1/22 to 6/15/22) from 8 am – 12 pm.
All Cedar Mesa overnight backpacking and Moon House permits are available online 90 days in advance of the entry date, including the permits that are typically held for walk-in visitors at Kane Gulch Ranger Station on the morning of entry.
The requirement to pick up your reserved permit in-person at Kane Gulch Ranger Station has been suspended. Your permit will be emailed to you by BLM Monticello Field Office Staff. Reserve your permits in advance at www.recreation.gov. For more information on Moon House and Backpacking or Day Use Passes click here.
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Volunteers Assist the Moab Field Office |
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Students from Wartburg College traveled from farm-scaped Iowa to red rock canyon country for a spring break service week, assisting various agencies and organizations in the Moab area. On March 3rd, the Moab Field Office was fortunate to utilize their donated labor to perform general trail maintenance on the Monitor and Merrimac bike trail. The group closed social trails made by bikers and off road vehicles, rehabbed areas for restoration, widened the trail corridor from encroaching plants, and relocated dried tumbleweeds blocking the trail in several areas. The BLM logged 45 volunteer hours for the event, which ended with an educational stroll on the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Bone trail.
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Support the Public Lands of SE Utah
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