HeritagePhoto Wikimedia CommonsIsland in the Sky
Utah · United States
Stop by the Visitor Center coming up ahead. It’s a great place to grab supplies, use the bathroom, and fill up your water bottles. As you’ve already seen, this park doesn’t have much infrastructure, and being dehydrated out here is no joke.
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7 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Island in the Sky
Welcome, fellow scholars of the sublime. We are setting out to explore one of the quieter, yet most profoundly impactful trails in the Island in the Sky district: the White Rim Overlook Trail. …
Listen in the app2The First Reveal
Stop here. We have reached the edge of the mesa, and the first major view opens up before us. …
Listen in the app3Navigating to the Point
From here, the trail turns southward, following the very edge of the rim out onto a narrow peninsula of rock. Caution is paramount here. …
Listen in the app4Overlooking Monument Basin
We have reached the terminus of the trail: the White Rim Overlook. Straight ahead and slightly below us lies the spectacular Monument Basin. …
Listen in the app5The River and the Mountains
Shift your gaze eastward, beyond the White Rim and the intricate canyons. In the deep gorge below, you can catch glimpses of the Colorado River. …
Listen in the app6The Sounds of Silence
Finally, before we begin our return hike, I urge you to simply sit on the slickrock and listen. This far out on the point, away from the paved roads, the silence of Canyonlands can be overwhelming. …
Listen in the app7Closing
Our academic excursion on the White Rim Overlook trail comes to an end as we navigate back across the flat expanse of the mesa top. We have ventured to the edge of the Island in the Sky, peered down upon the White Rim plateau,…
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What is Island in the Sky?
Island in the Sky is a place in Utah · United States with 7 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Utah · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 7 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 38.3782, -109.8881 |
| Last updated |
