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As a result, thousands of people began to visit the rainbow bridge national monument each year. You can find a staff directory under the about us tab above. The span of rainbow bridge was reported in 1974 by the bureau of reclamation to be 275 feet, but a measurement of span according to definition by the natural arch and bridge society in 2007 resulted in a value of 234 feet. The rainbow bridge trail is still as hard as it was in 1909, and relatively few people take the trail anymore. D one of the major producers of pictograph rock art in utah were a group of hunters and gathers known as archaic indians that lived in utah from about 7500 b. Mountains, high plateaus and deserts form most of utahs landscape. The span of rainbow bridge was reported in 1974 by the bureau of reclamation to be 275 feet, but a measurement of span according to definition by the natural arch and bridge society in 2007 resulted in a value of 234. History books about summit county summit county, ut official.
Are you grieving the loss of a furbaby or feathered friend. But hey, utah s landlocked, so at least it doesnt have nice beaches. Information on this site was converted from a hard cover book published by university. Rainbow bridge oral histories series navajo youtube. Two separate exploration partiesone headed by university of utah dean, byron cummings, and another by government surveyor, w. Rainbow bridge national monument is administered by glen canyon national recreation area, southern utah, united states. Rainbow bridge national monument rainbow bridge, on the edge of lake powell, is the largest natural bridge in the world at 290 feet88 meters tall and 270 feet83 meters across. While rainbow bridge is a separate unit of the national park service, it is proximate to and administered by glen canyon national recreation area.
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