Looking up from the Double Arch Alcove, Zion National Park, Utah
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- Margery H. Freeman
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- Unknown
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- Zion National Park, Utah
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- This photograph copyright ©2009. All Rights Reserved
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Looking up from the Double Arch Alcove, Zion National Park, Utah. Shrubs grow in the jutting crags of the steep wall. Taylor Creek Trail takes hikers through Kolob Canyons to the Alcove, an overhang in the colorful canyon wall, under which hanging gardens and golden columbine grow.
This area was protected as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President William Howard Taft in 1909 and was later renamed Zion National Park. Zion is located on the Colorado Plateau, but borders the Basin and Range Province. Elevations in the park vary from 3,600 to 8,700 feet, allowing for a wide range of animal and plant life, all of which are adapted to the area’s arid conditions. Elevation differences and geologic processes such as tectonic uplift, erosion, and sedimentation have created environments ranging from high plateaus and riparian environments to deserts and deep sandstone canyons. The park is located in Washington, Iron and Kane Counties in southwestern Utah.
