Dead Horse Point State Park is located 32 miles from Moab near the entrance to Canyonlands National Park. It towers 2000 feet above the Colorado River and provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonland's sculptured pinnacles and buttes. According to one legend, the point was once used as a corral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa. Cowboys rounded up theses horses, herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the point. The neck was then fenced off with branches and brush, creating a natural corral surrounded by precipitous cliffs. Cowboys then chose the horses they wanted and for reasons unknown, left the rest corralled on the waterless point where they died of thirst. We stopped in the park on the way back from Canyonlands to enjoy the sunset.

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Dead Horse Point Overlook	View from Dead Horse Point	The Colorado River winds through the canyon

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