Uaʻikeʻiaʻo "Grand Circle" o nā paka'āina,ʻo ka pae'āina pae'āina o ka USʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlana nui o ka honua i nā hiʻohiʻona a me nāʻano kūlohelohe. E hoʻopihaʻia kēia mau pā hale iāʻoe me keʻano kupanaha - a ināʻaʻoleʻoe i aloha i nā mākele'āina - hoʻokahi mākaʻikaʻi i kekahi o kēia mau mea e lawa aiʻoe e hele i nā papa pipi i kou ola a pau.
Aia nā paepae i kahi o nā mea kupaianaha kupaianaha maoli o ka'āina - nā pōhaku momona a me nā paepae i hanaʻia mai ka'ōpala. Malia paha o kekahi o nā mea nui loa e pili ana i Arches,ʻo ka hoʻololi pinepineʻana o ka papa. I nā makahiki he 18 i hala iho nei, ua hōʻea nā lua nui: He hapa nui o Landscape Arch i 1991, a me Wall Arch i ka makahiki 2008. Hoʻomanaʻo nā meaʻelua e pili ana kēia mau hale i ka manawa pauʻole -ʻo ke kumu nui loa e hele ai.
ʻAʻohe papa'āina'ē aʻe e hōʻike i kahi pilina kūlohelohe e hiki ke kūkulu ma mua o ka National Park of Bryce Canyon. ʻO nā meaʻoki pōhaku nunui, i kapaʻiaʻo hoodoos, kahi iʻoi aku i ka hoʻokahi miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He nui ka poʻe e hele i nā alahele e koho ana i ka holoholo lio a me ka holo lio e nānā i nāʻaoʻao a me nā hiʻohiʻona pilikino i nā paia a me nā kiʻi i kālaiʻia.
Ma kēia'āina hoʻoulu honua, nā pōhaku, nā kapuaʻi, a me nā mesas ke hoʻomalu i ka puʻu o ka Pāpaleʻo Colorado iʻokiʻia e nā canyons o nā muliwaiʻo Green a me Colorado. ʻO nā kāpili pōhaku i haʻaleleʻia e nā poʻe India i nā makahiki he mau makahiki i hala. Māhele nā kahawaiʻo Colorado a me Green i ka papa iʻehā mau'āpana:ʻo ka Mokupuni i ka Honua,ʻo ka Ui, ka Maze, a me nā kahawai. ʻOiai nā moku e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi ākea o ka wao akua, ua mālama kēlā me kēia i konaʻano pono'ī a hāʻawi i nā manawa likeʻole no kaʻimi a me ka noʻonoʻoʻana i ka moʻolelo moʻomeheu a me ka moʻomeheu.
ʻO ka 241,904 ekaʻehā ma ke kūkulu hema o Utah ka mea i loaʻa aku i ka hapalua miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻomalu ia i ka wai o Waterpocket, kahi mile mile lōʻihi i ka lepo o ka Honua, a me ka moʻolelo kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu o ia wahi.
ʻO kēia 77,180-ʻekaʻo Nevada papa kahi i hoʻolālā i kahi 80,000 mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki, e lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā kipaʻoleʻia o nā mākele'āina o US. Ma waena o kona mau hiʻohiʻona maoli ke kahawai, nā loko, nā holoholona ulu nui, nāʻano ulu lāʻau e like me nā ulu lāʻau kahiko o nā bristlecone pines, a me nā hale kuʻi he nui, me Lehman Caves.
ʻO Mesa Verde, ka'ōlelo Pelekānia no ka "papaʻaina," ke hāʻawi i kahi manawa kūikawā eʻike ai a loaʻa i nā makahiki 700 o ka mōʻaukala. Mai ka makahiki 600 a hiki i ka AD 1300 mau kānaka i ola a ulu i nā kaiaulu ma waena o ka wahi.
ʻO ka Pāʻali Pāʻaniʻo Petrified Forest kahi hiʻohiʻona ola o kā mākou moʻolelo, e hōʻike ana i ka nui o ka nui o ka nui o ka nui o nā mea nui o ka honua. No ka heleʻana, e like me ka holoʻana i kekahi manawa i kahi'āina e kū nei me ka nani a me ka mea iʻikeʻia.
Hikiʻia i ka mokuʻo Plateau nui ma Utah, ua kahakaha ka hohonu o ke kahawai o ka muliwaiʻo Vila i ka hohonuʻole o ka lā! He ākea a me ka nani loa o ke kuamoʻo me nā pali kahakai e hāʻule ana i 3,000 kapuaʻi. Hiki ke keʻokeʻo a keʻokeʻo kaʻalā momona, a hana i nā pōhaku i kālaiʻia i ka nani, nā pali, nā puʻu, a me nā awāwa.