The World's Most Beautiful Places
A view of Onion Creek in the Fall, in the Professor Valley, East of Castle Valley and Moab, in Southeastern Utah. In the distance are the snow-capped La Sal Mountains. The leaves on the trees are turning yellow and red muddy water flows through this otherwise dry desert landscape.
The area is popular with hikers, cyclists and OHV users.
Bald Mountain is an 11,949-foot peak of the Uinta Mountain Range in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It can be found along the Mirror Lake Highway (State Hwy 150) which passes through the range from Kamas, Utah, to Evanston, WY.
The Uinta Mountains, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, are the highest east-west mountain range in the United States, and the highest mountain range in the state of Utah. The highest peak, Kings Peak is 13,528 ft. Much of the rain from the east and southeast portions of the range flow into the Green River, and ultimately down the Colorado River to Mexico. Whereas water from the west and northwest portions of the range flow into the Provo, Weber and Bear Rivers. All three rivers flow into lakes, including Bear Lake, Utah Lake, and the Great Salt Lake, which is itself the end point for all three rivers, in Utah’s West Desert.
Given the shortness of the trail (about 2.7 miles round trip), the hike up and back from the summit probably offers the best bang for the buck of any trail in the Uinta Mountains. The view from the top as the photos show is amazing. The hike is probably best from April to September, but to avoid the potential for snow and cold weather, June-August are probably the best months.
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Chief Massasoit Statue – Utah State Capitol – Salt Lake City
Chief Massasoit, who lived from 1590-1661, is known to history as the Wampanoag Indian chief who greeted the first colonists at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. In March 1621, several months after the landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth, Massasoit journeyed to visit the colonists, hoping to establish trade and friendly relations with the newcomers. His focus on keeping the peace is something he remained true to throughout his life. It was only after his death, and the arrival of land hungry colonists that tensions culminated in conflict known as King Philips War (1675), led by his son.
The statue of Massasoit, created by Utah artist Cyrus E. Dallin, was placed at the Utah Capitol in 1922. Several replicas of the statue stand throughout the United States, including one in Plymouth where it commemorates the first Thanksgiving, and arrival of the pilgrims.