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The Kolob Terrace Road climbs steeply up from the town of Virgin unto the wide and forested expanse of the Kolob Terrace. Kolob is a word from the Book of Mormon used to describe the star nearest the throne of God, signifying a high and exalted place, a good name for a high plateau towering above the burning desert below or Kolob is from the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price(another book of LDS scripture). It is a paved county road that skirts back and forth through sections of central Zion National Park leading to backcountry trailheads and an overlook located at Lava Point. It eventually becomes a dirt road that continues northward all the way to the outskirts of Cedar City. The Kolob Reservoir is located 30 miles from Virgin and is a popular fishing and camping destination.
Image size
1051x700px 909.71 KB
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed
1204/100000 second
Aperture
F/12.9
Focal Length
95 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Jul 30, 2009, 1:40:37 PM
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I'm from Tasmania, but I've been to this area twice with my late best friend, who lived in the US. In 2000 he took me through Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and various others, and in 2001 we went back again up onto the Kolob Plateau. I've never been able to work out quite which road we took, and he died in 2014, so I can't ask him. I suspect in may have been this one though. I remember we drove for quite a long time on an unsealed road and eventually came to a point which looked down over a whole valley and mountain range which I took to be to the north, but I may be wrong.