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HIGH GROUND

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A plateau is a relatively level area that rises sharply above the surrounding landscape. The Colorado Plateau is our country''s most extensive. Named by John Wesley Powell and centered on the Four Corners, it covers an area of more than 150,000 square miles and ranges in elevation from 2,000 to 12,700 feet. It''s big. And it''s beautiful.

Featured in the August 2024 Issue of Arizona Highways

Shadows cloak the sandstone buttes of Monument Valley in a sunset view from Hunts Mesa, which forms the valley's southeastern edge. Monument Valley is one of the high-desert landscapes that make up much of the Colorado Plateau. | LARRY LINDAHL
Shadows cloak the sandstone buttes of Monument Valley in a sunset view from Hunts Mesa, which forms the valley's southeastern edge. Monument Valley is one of the high-desert landscapes that make up much of the Colorado Plateau. | LARRY LINDAHL
BY: Jeff Kida and Keith Whitney (Portfolio Editors)