Narrated by The ChroniclerFocus: Reading the Rock Layers53 km · about 40 min · 7 stories
Canyon country in cross-section: the salt tectonics that bent the Paradox Formation, the arches' geological assembly line, the Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in the cliffs, and the uranium boom that put Moab on the map — reading the rock layers the whole way.
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Moab, Utah
The Rise and Fall of The Lion's Back
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Moab, Utah
The Geological Laboratory of Arches Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Moab, Utah
The Geological Laboratory of Arches Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Moab, Utah
The Geological Laboratory of Arches Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.