Where is moab utah map of utah

Call today to get your tour underway Take first left after the bridge headed North on Hwy For visual help, click the image to download the map to Canyonlands by Night and Day. For visual help, click the image to download the Moab area map.

If you would like to explore the Moab area on your own, click the image to download a collection of driving tour maps. Arches National Park is a U. National Park in eastern Utah. The park is located on the Colorado River four miles north of Moab, Utah. Click the image to download a map of Arches National Park.

Canyonlands National Park is a U. The Biblical name Moab refers to an area of land located on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

Some historians believe the city in Utah came to use this name because of William Pierce, the first postmaster, believing that the biblical Moab and this part of Utah were both "the far country". However, others believe the name has Paiute origins, referring to the word "moapa" meaning mosquito. Some of the area's early residents attempted to change the city's name because in the Christian Bible, Moabites are demeaned as incestuous and idolatrous.

One petition in had 59 signatures and requested a name change to Vina. Another effort attempted to change the name to Uvadalia. Mormon settlers attempted to establish a trading fort at the river crossing called "Elk Mountain Mission" in to trade with travelers attempting to cross the river.

After repeated Indian attacks, the fort was abandoned in late