Colorado  Plateau  Links

An alternate to The Weather Channel

Daily news updates - national/international coverage.

"The High Country News" a bi-weekly newspaper covers 11 western states. - (As good as it gets).

Active site - great information - photos - nationwide and international coverage of these natural features.

Active site - very good photo collection of Colorado Plateau arches - based out of France.

Active site - trip reports - great photos (Possibly the best guide to Zion N.P. on the Internet)

Active site - trip reports - photos - interactive maps - links (A large site and active since 1994).

Very active site Based out of New Mexico but traveling the country in a teardrop trailer - some great photos and trip reports on the Colorado Plateau also.

Based out of Salt Lake City - Mostly Colorado Plateau area - great photos and trip reports - registration required.

A serious thru-hiker with a very entertainng blog describing her traverse of The Hayduke Trail - See Index.

Good terrain or satellite based maps of Waterfall locations in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico can be found in this database.

Active site - large trip reports section - photos.

Inactive site - good trip reports - photos.

Resource site for Southern Colorado & Northern New Mexico - maps - photos - general information & history.

Dedicated to the preservation, promotion and protection of both the surface and memories of this magnificent old highway.

Official Colorado CODOT State site.

Arizona Highways Scenic Drives site.

active site - has moved to Facebook for newer material - trip reports - photos -maps - flora fauna - (a serious canyoneering site).

A very slick site with trip reports on canyoneering, climing and hiking - focus is canyoneering.

Slot canyon section of "The American Southwest" Internet site above.

(largest Internet mountaineering site) Very active site - trip reports - photos - links.

Active site - Trip Reports - Covers N. & S. America, Africa, Asia, Europe - They list backcountry bear box locations. (very good site)

Active site - trip reports & photos from hikes, climbs in the Sierra Nevada's, Great Basin, Southwestern Peaks & Rockies.

Large inactive site with over 1000 trip reports of climbs - photos. (Owner is keeping site online until it is decided how to proceed.)

(National Park Service's main site) Provides access to all Internet sites of public lands managed by the National Park Service. (84 million acres)

(U.S. land area = 2.3 billion acres) Bureau of Land Management's main site - provides access to Internet sites for 261 million acres managed by the BLM.

BLM managed Wild & Scenic Rivers site. (1/4 of 1% of the river miles in the U.S. are protected as Wild and Scenic Rivers.)

Program of nearly 600 natural landmarks on public & private land administered by the National Park Service.

(administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration) National Scenic Byways program's main site - 96 designated byways in 39 states - maps, travel itineraries,links, photos.

(this is not the Google Internet Map program but a completely separate downloadable map program) An interactive map and satellite database of the entire planet and cosmos. This link will take you to the free 14 Meg download.

Commercial Site - Home of all 50 state Gazetteers, Street Atlas and Topo USA software.

Commercial Site - High quality shaded relief maps of North America, The United States & all 50 individual States.

Wilderness.net is a partnership project of the Wilderness Institute at The Univ. of Montana's College of Forestry and Conservation, the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute

A forum for organizations and businesses to join in the effort to protect New Mexico's wild places as Wilderness.

A group of individuals and organizations whose mission is to protect and restore wilderness lands and waters in Arizona.

A wilderness organization founded in the 1970's to fight for Wyoming wilderness designation.

Established in 1958 to educate and organize people to protect Montana's wild lands.

Established in 1974 to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands.

Founded in 1993 to further the protection of Alaska's incomparable natural endowment.

Founded in 1973 to address River health issues nationwide.  (Generates the annual 10 most endangered U.S. Rivers list)

Founded in 1996 to promote a healthy Colorado River thru Glen Canyon.

Founded in 2000 to promote large-scale restoration of the Colorado River system.

Founded in 1973 and dedicated to preserving and restoring California's Rivers, streams and watersheds.

(NOAA)Primary source of weather data nationwide.

Michigan Techs news and information site on the Northern Lights,  This is a huge resource on this subject.

The best Internet site on GPS, product reviews, FAQ, software, tutorials, links.

The Internet site that started "Geocaching".

Desribes itself as the Webs most authoritive source about waterfalls in the world.

Links to the seven regional forest areas and current hot spots.

A nationwide government outdoor recreation resource site, camping reservations in most National & State Parks and Forests.

Massive list of outdoor related links national/international.

My son's web site including his paintings, drawings, illustrations, graphics and writings. 

Federal program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop and build an inertial confinement fusion system. (fusion nuclear energy)

A world wide travel site of obscure but intersting sites that include locations in the Colorado Plateau region.

A travel site online since 1996 devoted to odd and comical tourist attractions.