Dead Horse Mesa Scenic Byway, or Utah Highway 313, takes you through miles of incredible red rock canyon country.
To reach the byway, we headed north from Moab on US-191. After about 9 miles (14.5 km), we saw the “Dead Horse Point State Park” sign and turned left (west) onto SR-313. This is the start of the byway.
After a series of hairpin curves as you begin to ascend the plateau, the road mellows out allowing you to appreciate the scenery. We actually stopped right as we plateau started and took some pictures overlooking the hairpins down below.
At about 14.6 miles (23.5 km) from the beginning of SR-313 a fork to the left leads to Dead Horse Point State Park. We had heard that the view from Dead Horse Point is one of the most photographed scenic vistas in the world.
We were looking forward to be 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, and check the overlook that provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands’ sculpted pinnacles and buttes.
To reach the byway, we headed north from Moab on US-191. After about 9 miles (14.5 km), we saw the “Dead Horse Point State Park” sign and turned left (west) onto SR-313. This is the start of the byway.
After a series of hairpin curves as you begin to ascend the plateau, the road mellows out allowing you to appreciate the scenery. We actually stopped right as we plateau started and took some pictures overlooking the hairpins down below.
At about 14.6 miles (23.5 km) from the beginning of SR-313 a fork to the left leads to Dead Horse Point State Park. We had heard that the view from Dead Horse Point is one of the most photographed scenic vistas in the world.
We were looking forward to be 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, and check the overlook that provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands’ sculpted pinnacles and buttes.
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