Dead Horse Point State Park sits atop a high desert rocky mesa scattered with juniper trees.
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| Trail through the Juniper Trees |
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| Hard Rock Surface |
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| Along the West Rim |
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| Twisted Juniper Tree |
I hiked a 6-mile loop where I stopped at overlooks along the east and west rims to take in the scenic views of the bordering canyons and the Colorado River.
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| View from Rim Overlook |
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| Canyon Bottom |
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| Shafer Canyon |
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| Divide between Two Canyons |
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| Canyon Walls from Meander Overlook |
The name of the park is attached to a legend where cowboys rounded up wild mustangs, herded them across the narrow neck of land, and onto the point. They then fenced off the neck with branches and brush, it being only 30 yards wide, to create a natural corral otherwise encircled by steep cliffs. The cowboys took some of the horses and left the others captured on the waterless point where they died of thirst.
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| View from The Neck |
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| Colorado River from Dead Horse Point |
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| Pinnacle |
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| Erosion Lines |
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