Grand Circle

The Grand Circle of the Southwest United States is an informal region encompassing five states (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada) where there is a very large concentration of national parks, monuments, and scenic byways.

Bryce Canyon

Abbreviations:
NHP = National Historic or Historical Park
NHS = National Historic or Historical Site
NM = National Monument (not New Mexico)
NP = National Park
NRA = National Recreation Area
SP = State Park

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Many people touring the Grand Circle start in Las Vegas and focus on eight places:

• Arches NP
• Bryce Canyon NP
• Canyonlands NP
• Capitol Reef NP
• Grand Canyon NP
• Mesa Verde NP
• Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
• Zion NP

Among the other places often included in the trip are: 

• Antelope Canyon
• Canyon of the Ancients NM
• Cedar Breaks NM
• Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP
• Glen Canyon NRA (Lake Powell)
• Goblin Valley SP
• Grand Staircase-Escalante NM
• Hovenweep NM
• Kodachrome Basin SP
• Lake Mead NRA
• Moab, Utah
• Natural Bridges NM
• Navajo NM
• Rainbow Bridge NM
• Valley of Fire SP

Places that are more distant from the core of the trip or less visited are:

• Aztec Ruins NM
• Bandelier NM
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP
• Canyon de Chelly NM
• Chaco Culture NHP
• Colorado NM
• Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
• Curecanti NRA
• Durango & Silverton Railroad
• El Malpais NM
• El Morro NM
• Four Corners
• Grand Canyon-Parashant NM
• Great Basin NP
• Great Sand Dunes NP
• Green River SP
• Hubbell Trading Post NHS
• Meteor Crater, Arizona
• Montezuma Castle NM
• Navajo Bridge
• Pecos NHP
• Petrified Forest NP
• Petroglyph NM
• Pipe Spring NM
• Quail Creek SP
• Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
• San Juan Mountains
• Sunset Crater Volcano NM
• Valles Caldera National Preserve
• Vermilion Cliffs NM
• Walnut Canyon NM
• Wupatki NM
• Yucca House NM

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