Half a day in Dead Horse Point State Park

 Dead Horse Point State Park

This was our 3rd stop of our Mighty 5 Roadtrip. While not a National Park, it was not a park to miss!  

To get here from Moab, it is a 45-minute drive (33 miles). 25 min from where we stayed at Sun Outdoors.

Cost: $20 per vehicle for up to 8 people, valid for 2 days;  $10 if you bike-in or walk-in

Thank you to Earth Trekkers for helping us plan our trip. Their blogs are amazing and have so much helpful info. Highly rec!

According to Earth Trekkers, the only difference between a half day and a full day in Dead Horse Point State Park, is adding in some mountain biking or hiking on the Bighorn Overlook Trail. Because of this, we decided to only do a half day, and pair it with Goblin Valley State Park.

With our half day, we hiked the West Rim trail loop. We thought about doing the East Rim Trail, which is 2 miles long, but heard the views from the West Rim are better. 

West Rim Trail:

West Rim Trail is 3.5 miles long. We started at Dead Horse Point Overlook, which is incredible; gorgeous landscapes with the Colorado River twisting below. 

We took the trail to Meander Overlook, then Rim Overlook, and turned back. We didn't want to push on to Big Horn Overlook bc the hike becomes 2.5 miles round trip, and the views become redundant. 

On the way back, we decided to skip Shafer Canyon Overlook, bc we already saw this in Canyonlands. 

The trail is "primitive" as you have to look for cairns to stay on the trail, but it's very well trodden and we didn't have any issues.

My fav spot was Rim Overlook. The trail kind of "ended" so you could explore the narrowing of rock overlooking the the canyons. You really felt like you were right on the edge, on the "rim."

Can you spot Matt??

Next up: Goblin Valley State Park