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Things to do in Canyonlands

Red rock canyons around Moab and the Colorado River

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  • Museums
  • Eat & Drink
  • Sport & Outdoor
  • Nearest airport: CNY, about 20 miles

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Three to see first in Canyonlands

Tours
Iconic

Canyonlands by Night and Day

$50+

Take an evening jet boat tour with a canyon-wall light show on the Colorado River near Moab.

Moab, UT

Eat & Drink
Date Night

Whitewater Hill Vineyards

Under $25

Hilltop Colorado winery with vineyard and Book Cliffs views near Grand Junction.

Grand Junction, CO

Tours
Iconic

Canyonlands Ballooning

$50+

Sunrise hot air balloon flights over the canyon country near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.

Moab, UT

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Tours
Iconic

Canyonlands by Night and Day

$50+

Take an evening jet boat tour with a canyon-wall light show on the Colorado River near Moab.

Museums
Family Favorite

Dinosaur Journey

Under $25

Hands-on dinosaur and fossil museum with a working paleontology lab in Fruita.

Museums
History Buff

Atomic Legacy Cabin

Free

Free interpretive center on the Cold War uranium mining history of the Colorado Plateau.

Eat & Drink
Date Night

Whitewater Hill Vineyards

Under $25

Hilltop Colorado winery with vineyard and Book Cliffs views near Grand Junction.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Adrift Adventures

$50+

Moab outfitter running whitewater rafting, jeep, ATV and horseback trips through Arches and Canyonlands country.

Eat & Drink
Local Gem

Blu Pig

$25–$50

Family-owned BBQ and blues joint in Moab serving slow-smoked ribs, tri-tip and pulled pork with live music.

Tours
Iconic

Canyonlands Ballooning

$50+

Sunrise hot air balloon flights over the canyon country near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Canyonlands Jeep Adventures

$50+

Moab outfitter renting lifted Jeep Rubicons and Ford Broncos for self-guided backcountry exploring.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Coyote Land Tours

$50+

Guided off-road backcountry rides around Moab in a custom Unimog vehicle, including a resident tour dog.

Tours
Iconic

Dan Mick's Guided Jeep Tours

$50+

Longtime Moab off-road outfitter running guided Jeep tours over the legendary Hell's Revenge trail.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Desert Highlights

$50+

Moab's original canyoneering outfitter, offering private canyoneering, rock climbing and packrafting trips.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

E-Bike Moab

$25–$50

Moab e-bike rental shop with a fleet of electric bikes plus guided rides to Arches, Potash Road and local trails.

Shopping
Local Gem

Gearheads Outdoor Store

Free

Moab's longtime outdoor gear shop stocking camping, climbing, hiking and boating equipment.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

High Point Hummer & ATV

$50+

Moab's original Hummer and UTV outfitter running guided off-road tours and rentals on trails like Hell's Revenge.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Moab Adventure Center

$50+

Downtown Moab outfitter booking rafting, Hummer tours, jet boat rides, ballooning and national park tours.

Museums
Family Favorite

Moab Giants

Under $25

Dinosaur museum and outdoor park north of Moab with life-size dinosaur models, real track sites and a 3D film.

Sightseeing
Outdoor Adventure

Moab

Free

Visitor guide to Moab, Utah, gateway to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and the Colorado River canyon country.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Moab Jett

$50+

Family-owned Colorado River jet boat tour company running scenic and splash-heavy New Zealand-style rides near Moab.

Shopping
Local Gem

Moab Rock Shop

Free

Southeastern Utah's largest rock shop, run by the Ottinger family since 1958, selling fossils, minerals and dinosaur bone.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Moab Tour Company

$50+

Guided UTV, Jeep and motorcycle tours across Moab's iconic off-road trails like Hell's Revenge and Fins and Things.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Moab Tourism Center

$50+

UTV 4x4 tours on Hell's Revenge and guided sightseeing tours through Arches National Park.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Paddle Moab

$50+

Family-owned outfitter running guided stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking, rafting and canyoneering trips on the Colorado River.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Raven's Rim Adventure Tours

$50+

Zipline tours across six cables and a 100-foot suspension bridge over red-rock canyons north of Moab.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Redtail Air Adventures

$50+

Scenic airplane tours over Arches, Canyonlands and Monument Valley from Moab's regional airport.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Rope Swing Moab

$50+

Guided 400-foot free-fall cliff jump and canyon swing on BLM land north of Moab.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Sheri Griffith River Expeditions

$50+

Whitewater rafting outfitter running Colorado, Green and Yampa River trips from Moab since 1971.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Skydive Moab

$50+

Tandem skydiving from 14,000 feet with views of Arches, Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point.

Eat & Drink
Local Gem

Spanish Valley Vineyard & Winery

Under $25

Family-run Moab winery offering tastings and tours of its estate-grown desert vineyard.

Tours
Family Favorite

Stargazing Moab

$50+

Guided night-sky tours near Moab with a professional astronomer, telescopes and astrophotography.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Wild West Voyages

$50+

Moab outfitter running Colorado River rafting trips and guided tours of Arches and Canyonlands.

Sport & Outdoor
Local Gem

Chile Pepper Bike Shop

$25–$50

A Moab bike shop renting mountain and e-bikes, delivering to local trailheads, with repair and retail service since 1995.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure

Adventure ORX

$50+

A guided off-road driving experience through the desert terrain near Moab in a Ford Bronco.

Shopping
Local Gem

Desert Sun Ceramics

Under $25

A pottery studio and gallery in Moab offering ceramics classes and locally made work.

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About

About Canyonlands

The Canyonlands region, as Visit Utah calls it, is anchored by Moab in southeastern Utah, the base for exploring Arches and Canyonlands national parks along the Colorado River. A handful of advertisers in this cluster sit farther northeast in Colorado's Grand Valley, around Grand Junction, Fruita, and Montrose. Moab venues include jeep, ATV, and river outfitters such as Adrift Adventures, Canyonlands by Night and Day, and Sheri Griffith River Expeditions, plus wineries, campgrounds, and the Moab Giants dinosaur park; Fruita adds the Dinosaur Journey museum.

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