Dead Horse Point State Park

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Dead Horse Point State Park
Utah State Park
Dead Horse Point2.jpg
View of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park from Dead Horse Point
Country United States
State Utah
Counties Grand, San Juan
Location Moab
 - elevation 5,900 ft (1,798 m) [1]
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Area 5,300 acres (2,100 ha) [2]
Founded 1959 [1]
Management Utah State Parks
Visitation 182,419 (2011) [3]
IUCN category V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
Location of Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah

Dead Horse Point State Park is a state park of Utah in the United States, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. The park covers 5,362 acres (2,170 ha) of high desert at an altitude of 5,900 feet (1,800 m).

The park has several overlooks, a visitor center, a 21-site campground and a group campsite, one picnic area, and a 9-mile (14 km) loop hiking trail with two cutovers to allow shorter trips. Safety concerns include the relative isolation of the park (gas, food and medical care are over 30 miles (48 km) away in Moab), lightning danger and unfenced cliffs.[4] Nearby Moab is a noted center for mountain biking. Bikes in the park are allowed on paved roads, and there is a mountain bike trail called Intrepid Trail near the State Park Visitor's Center with loops of varying levels of difficulty. Hunting is not allowed in the park.

The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by cowboys in the 19th century, where horses often died of exposure.[5] Dead Horse Point has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[6]

The area was also used in the final 'Grand Canyon' scene of the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.[7]

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View of the Colorado River looking up at Dead Horse Point, upper right
Dead Horse Point State Park panorama

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