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Located on the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument includes the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The Monument borders Kaibab National Forest to the west and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the east.
This remote and unspoiled, 280,000-acre Monument is a geologic treasure, containing a variety of diverse landscapes from the Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, and Paria Canyon. Elevations range from 3,100 to 7,100 feet.
Visitors will enjoy scenic views of towering cliffs and deep canyons. Paria Canyon offers an outstanding three to five day wilderness backpacking experience. The colorful swirls of cross-bedded sandstone in Coyote Buttes are an international hiking destination. There are also opportunities to view wildlife, including California condors. There are two developed campgrounds just outside the Monument: Stateline and White House. Dispersed camping is allowed outside the wilderness area in previously disturbed areas.
A permit is required for hiking in Coyote Buttes North (the Wave), Coyote Buttes South, and for overnight trips within Paria Canyon.
Learn more at: www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/natmon/vermil...
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM California
This is actually a composite of two different focal lengths, if you look not so carefully you can see the joins where the detail level shoots up.
There is a cropped version of the cliffs here: www.flickr.com/photos/oybon/53399387230/
Cliff's (2,800 square feet)
8427 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown, VA
This service station was built in 1951 (the four end garages were later additions); while I haven't figured out who originally owned the station and what brand of gas was provided, I do know that it was known as Cliff's Edgehill Gulf in the 1960s and later had Union 76 gas before switching to Citgo in the 1990s. When Hurricane Isabel came through the area on September 18th, 2003, it brought down Citgo's canopy completely! The station continued to sell gas without it until at least 2007.
Currently it serves as a very popular state inspection station in the area. The crew that inspects here must have a good, honest reputation because they get super slammed at the end of the month, with cars lining up in the parking lot and spilling onto the highway!
Hiking to and photographing the island's rocky headlands are not for the faint of heart but very rewarding