So keep your eyes out, you never know where they will be next. Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands - Islands in the Sky Eight miles north of Moab on Hwy. 191 is the turnoff to the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands National Park and to Dead Horse Point State Park. Both are on a high plateau overlooking the landscape carved by the mighty Colorado and Green rivers, and you might think I am exaggerating but these are the most breathtaking panoramas this world has to offer. It will take a half hour to get to Dead Horse Point, our first stop.
Legend has it that a group of wild mustangs was herded to the narrow point.
After the best were taken the culls were left behind to find their own way out. For some reason the mustangs remained on the point and died of thirst within sight of the Colorado River. When I first took my children to the overlook I made them wait in the car, then I held their hands, one at a time, and led them to the overlook. It was scary for me to stand at the edge and look off the cliff to the Colorado River some 2,000 feet below. If you like Dead Horse Point you will love the rest of the day as you explore the Canyonlands, Island in the Sky district.