As far as U.S. desert views go, it just doesn't get much better than The Wave — a remarkable sandstone rock formation in the ... and it comes with a map of the 6.4-mile round-trip route.

BIG WATER, Utah — So there I was, standing with about 30 other hikers, jammed into a room in a one-story government building in southern Utah. The day before, I had flown to Flagstaff, Ariz.

PHOENIX – A federal agency that oversees a rock formation in Arizona so popular ... visitor limits from 20 people to 96 people at The Wave, near the Arizona-Utah border. Permits to hike The ...