Utah National Park Trip June 2018

Navy Smoker wrote:
...Grand Canyon from there and return East on I40...

Going East on I-40 from Flagstaff are Homolovi Ruins State Park near Winslow where you can stand on the corner. Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest National Park are not far from the New Mexico Border. In Albuquerque there is Petroglyph National Monument, the Pueblo Cultural Center, the Turquoise Trail and the Sandia Crest Highway. In and near Grants are the Mining Museum, El Malpais National Monument, El Malpais National Conservation Area, El Moro National Monument and the Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano. Acoma Sky City is between Grants and Gallup. It is said to be the longest occupied location in the U.S. They give tours of the pueblo and there is an RV park next to the casino. Santa Rosa is a Route 66 town and has the The Blue Hole and Santa Rosa Lake State Park which has a nice campground. Tucumcari still has dinners along Historic Route 66, numerous murals painted on buildings and other attractions like the foundry and dinosaur museum at the community college. In Amarillo, there is Palo Duro Canyon State Park and the Big Texan on Old Route 66.

RGar974417 wrote:
...I would suggest taking some time and go to Cottonwood and stay at Dead Horse Ranch State Park. You are very close to Jerome,and old mining town and Tuzigoot,Indian ruins from the 1300's. And Ft Verde,about 20 miles away is a restored cavalry post from the 1880's...

Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well National Monuments, Tuzigoot National Monument, Palatki and Honaki Ruins, V-Bar-V Heritage Site, Verde Canyon Railroad, Fort Verde State Park, Cathedral Rock, Gold King Mine, Jerome State Historic Park, the town of Jerome, the town of Sedona, and
Schnebly Hill Road scenic backway are all in the area.