Have you ever been to the Valley of the Gods? If you have never heard of the place, you certainly are not alone. Only a single sign marks its location and it is not found on most maps. However, it is a place that lives up to its name and is well worth the trek. First of all, you have to find yourself in very remote far southeastern Utah, 100 miles south of the much more well known town Moab, also considered to be in southeastern Utah. No, down in actual far southeastern Utah, the only somewhat nearby town, if that is what you call it, is a little place called Mexican Hat. Ten miles north of there is a dirt road with a small sign pointing that somewhere in that direction is a place known as the Valley of the Gods. So what is it? Only a sandstone valley with towering buttes and pinnacles rivaling that of Monument Valley. Yet somehow this location remains virtually unknown and untouched. The dirt road there and back is rough and four wheel drive is required. There is absolutely no facilities anywhere in the vicinity so all food, water, and gas has to be carried in. It is common to see no one there for weeks at a time. But there is plenty of scenery throughout! Here The Wild Images Team took a moment to image our tracks in the muddy road towards the Valley of the Gods during a surprise snow squall there. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Utah including the competition between cliff colors and clouds in Zion National Park, the intricate designs of the high altitude patterned wall in Zion National Park, distant rain curtains over the colorful cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park, cloud shadows defining the colorful pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park, the scenic view as the full moon rises over Red Canyon, the Goblin Valley State Park thunderstorm and lightning strike over goblins, the impenetrable colorful rim wall of Goblin Valley State Park, the gravity defying balanced rock with snow in Arches National Park, the moment in Arches National Park when a winter storm clears over pinnacles and the La Sal Mountains, the very bright but fleeting rainbow beyond The Hand in Arches National Park, the instance In Arches National Park when lightning strikes near the Three Gossips, the green slopes of Sandy Mountain guarded by red lichen rock sentinels, the wild clouds over the elevated plains of the Grand Staircase-Escalante, and finally in Midway where the five flags of the military fly over Memorial Hill, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts documenting our time in Utah include the road towards the extremely remote Valley of the Gods, an expansive view of the major formations of Zion National Park, the road winding through Fremont cottonwoods in Zion National Park, the road through intricately carved highlands in Zion National Park, the road through red and white rock cliffs in Zion National Park, The Wild Images Team vehicle on a dirt road in Red Canyon, the high altitude scene where a thistle soaks up the brief summer season sunshine, the moment a snake slithers over water plants in Cascade Springs, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance to Cascade Springs, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome standing proudly in Goblin Valley, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at The Brick Oven Restaurant, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at an overlook of Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome in front of the rock pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance of Zion National Park, and finally The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome in front of the cliffs of Zion National Park.
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