Arches National Park - a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion

Bryce Canyon National Park - a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions

Canyonlands National Park - a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River

Capitol Reef National Park - a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife

Zion National Park - a national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Ogden - a town in northern Utah settled by Mormons

Provo - a city in north central Utah settled by Mormons

capital of Utah, Salt Lake City - the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church

Colorado River, Colorado - a river in southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States

Colorado Plateau - a large plateau south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner

Great Salt Lake - a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah

Green River, Green - a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River