Visit Blanding, Utah

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Situated between Monument Valley to the south, Mesa Verde to the east, Lake Powell to the west and Moab to the north, Blanding is centrally located for all of your Four Corners adventures.

Druid Arch in nearby Canyon Lands

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The Edge of the Cedars State Park features artifacts from the ancient Anasazi Indians who lived in the Four Corners region until 1300 A.D. Climb down a ladder into a kiva, walk the paths of an ancient Indian village and view the finest collection of Anasazi pottery in the Four Corners. 

Visit The Dinosaur Museum where the entire family can see rare skeletons and fossils from the Four Corners and around the world. Walk under the jaws of a Tyrannosaurus and come eye to eye with life size adult and baby dinosaur sculptures.

Additional attractions near Blanding:
• Capitol Reef
• Four Corners Monument
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Moki Dugway
• Muley Point
• Valley of the Gods

   Walter and Albert Lyman & Company founded Blanding (then called Grayson) in 1905 on a high mesa beneath Blue Mountain. The white primrose grew in abundance among the sage and cedar, so they called this area, near the heart of the Colorado Plateau, White Mesa. It was a rugged land, the last frontier of the old west, unmatched in its variety of plants, wildlife and geologic wonders.

Activites in Blanding:

Hiking
Mountain Biking
Jeeping
Camping
River Rafting