The Wave was not well-known in the decades before Vermilion Cliffs was designated a national monument in 2000. "Nobody knew really where The Wave was," Spellman said. "Friends had to tell friends.

The Wave, Buckskin Gulch, the Paria River and the Vermilion Cliffs in northern Arizona draw adventurers from around the world.

Established in 2000, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument remains one of the most isolated corners of the state. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

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The Vermilion Cliffs are Arizona's Atlantis. They're a lost land, full of legends and mysteries, hard to reach and even harder to leave. The fortunate few who have been there come stumbling out of ...

The colorful, contoured landscape at Vermilion Cliffs is more than just something to marvel at; it’s how you find The Wave. Permits come with a map and directions that include compass points.

The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs are a treasured national monument admired by so many, are nothing short of spectacular. Yet this geological wonder with its deep red coloring often isn't at the ...

The management plan for the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, a remote site on the Utah-Arizona border two hours east of St. Goerge, had already allowed for up to 96 hikers, but the BLM has ...

This story appears in the February 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Carry a lawn chair and a sunshade—plenty of water too—onto the sage flats just south of Arizona's Highway 89A ...

The Vermilion Cliffs are Arizona's Atlantis. They're a lost land, full of legends and mysteries, hard to reach and even harder to leave. The fortunate few who have been there come stumbling out of ...

The Wave, Buckskin Gulch, the Paria River and the Vermilion Cliffs in northern Arizona draw adventurers from around the world.