Driving & Hiking VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT | A Roadside Adventure! - Part 2

Driving & Hiking VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT | A Roadside Adventure! - Part 2 | Arizona

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We continue our look at the Vermilion Cliffs area - viewing the cliffs at dawn, hiking the beautiful cliffs to an old uranium mine, the Sun Valley Mine, viewing a historic monument to Dominguez and Escalante, and stopping at overlooks.
Getting close to the Vermilion Cliffs can't be beaten by a hike up the Sun Valley Mine Trail. A 2.4-mile out-and-back trail takes hikers up along the foothills of the cliffs and around several washes to the remains of an old uranium mine. The trail is rated as moderate with sections of steeper incline. Elevation gain is around 500 feet. At the end of the trail, lies the remaining wooden supports of an old headframe, rusted-out vehicles and barrels, and a covered shaft.
Down the road also is a historical marker to the Dominguez-Escalante trail. Dominquez and Escalante were two fathers in a small party looking to find a way from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Spanish colonies in California. Forced to turn around, they never reached California, however, paved the way for future expeditions and became part of the Old Spanish Trail.
VIDEO FILMED: 09/03/2022
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⚪ Exploring the VERMILION CLIFFS Route 89A Area | A Roadside Adventure! - Part 1 | Arizona - • Exploring the VERMILIO...
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00:00 Morning Hitting the Vermilion Cliffs
06:07 Sun Valley Uranium Mine Hike
16:44 Dominguez-Escalante Historical Marker
22:20 Viewing the Vermilion Cliffs from Above
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✅ Find us on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook - @cactusatlas.
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Welcome to the Cactus Atlas! We are Glenn and Amy and invite you to join us as we visit all sorts of locations across the American West. We tour both natural and man-made attractions.
Our base of operations is in the Phoenix, AZ area. We do a lot of hiking and day trips as well as campground reviews and hope that we will be a great resource if you are planning a trip to the American West. We also hope to delight you with our exciting adventures!

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@scotts3938 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing us another spectacular place!

@CactusAtlas 11 ай бұрын

Our pleasure! 😄👍

@shanefanon 13 күн бұрын

I loved driving in that ancient dry ocean/ lake to the west of the cliffs. Great video . Thanks.

@CactusAtlas 12 күн бұрын

Our pleasure! That whole area is magic. 😄

@tpseeker3367 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Glenn. That tree looked good Amy.

@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish Жыл бұрын

Outstanding job!

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@ericcoffin1696 2 ай бұрын

Great view of the cliffs. We just drove through the same area. Truly breathtaking land. Thanks for the video!

@CactusAtlas 2 ай бұрын

Our pleasure! Absolutely agree... beautiful area. 😊

@coryshook7648 5 ай бұрын

Dude! Come on! You are killing me! Wow! Such a good job! I gotta get down there!

@CactusAtlas 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😄

@bobbyharris2302 11 ай бұрын

Glenn I think I have watched every video you have ever posted - truly wonderful job. You inspire me to go out and do road trips in New Mexico Arizona Utah and Colorado - four corner beautiful states.

@CactusAtlas 11 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks! This area of the country has no shortage of stunning landscape so it's not hard to be awed by everything when exploring. 😊 Hope you get a chance to visit!

@SomeplaceOrAnother Жыл бұрын

Watching the whole video but commenting on what you said in the first minute 🤪 I agree, KZfaq kinda makes you get out and go places 😎👍

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! If not to film them, just to experience them. 👍

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

The Lodge looks really nice and its a great location. You mention its not historic but if you think about it the 90s were 30 years ago now. That's historic to some people lol.

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

The location of that place honestly could NOT be better. So close to so much. Don't get me started on how long ago the 90s were though. I was looking for something I once owned in the 90s, hit up and searched eBay and saw the word vintage and about cried. 😂

@carolguezen5829 Жыл бұрын

I am learning about all the things I missed when travelling through the area. Guess I gotta go back! Thanks for being an awesome tour guide as usual.

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Any time! Always happy to share our adventures with others. 😄

@joywyse6996 8 ай бұрын

Talking about Escalante and Dominguez. On highway 50 north out of Delta, Colorado you come to a canyon named after Escalante and a little further up highway 50 is another canyon named after Dominguez. They are between Delta and Grand Junction Colorado. I've hiked in both of them and they are beautiful and much to see there. Escalante and Dominguez got around the west in their time and warranted naming canyons after them. Thanks for this beautiful video. I have wanted to see Vermillion Cliffs, Antelope canyon and the wave in that area. Seen pictures but not the real thing yet.

@CactusAtlas 8 ай бұрын

We're in the same boat with Antelope Canyon and the Wave. We've entered into the lottery for the Wave a couple times and haven't been successful. We hope one day!

@ervinslens Жыл бұрын

Scenery is outstanding here, fantastically filmed surroundings!🔥

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Pretty hard for that area to look bad in anything. It's beautiful. 😊

@brianwilliams3146 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. I watch several travel/overland channels, and this has become one of my favorite channels.

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

That's really great to hear and means so very much to us. Thank you! 😄

@DovieRuthAuthor Жыл бұрын

That was a great idea illuminating the mine shafts. They looked fairly well-maintained in comparison to many I’ve seen on KZfaq. It’s a good thing that the openings were covered with grates. Otherwise, people would be scrambling down that ladder in a heartbeat.

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Haha! The temptation to climb down would be tempting for sure. I mean, compared to some ladders it looks in good condition but you don't really ever know until weight is put on it and then... well... can only hope there's no "oops" moment. 😂

@sueanna_banana Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate all you do for the channel, especially getting up early for those sunrise shots. I've been down that exact highway twice now but have not had the time to check it out as good as you did. Funny how we stopped at that exact Escalante/Dominguez historic spot but the story boards were not there yet, so we had no idea what it was at the time. Googled it later. Love, love ANY orange cliffs!

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! We had seen the cliffs numerous times from near and far as well and felt it was time to really check the place out. 😄

@PatchGirl68 Жыл бұрын

Well Done Glenn and Amy! This video is by far my favorite! Without appearing like a weirdo, LOL, I've been planning hiking trip for next fall in Utah and AZ by watching your adventures. Coincidently, I'm going to the North Rim Grand Canyon and now will add Vermillion Cliffs to the trip. thanks Glenn! And Amy great edition job!

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! and ooh! That sounds like it is going to be an amazing trip now. Ideal honestly. And combining the North Rim with the Vermilion Cliffs is perfect! 😄

@gstiles7 Жыл бұрын

🤣he said wood shaft...sorry, I had to. Just made me think of Beavis & Butthead. Seriously, 100% it was a great episode and you did the cliffs justice! Definitely think that you did a not so often done tour of the cliffs and the mines. Can't wait for the rest of the trip!!

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Still got a few more to edit (heck, even from the previous Utah trip too) so plenty more to come. And honestly? I made the same crack with Glenn last night about the mine shaft. 😅

@mickfowler701 Жыл бұрын

Great Video - The vastness of the scenery has to be seen to be believed. Drove along the 89A about two weeks ago en-route to North Rim Grand Canyon, it's a great drive unfortunately our schedule didn't allow any time to explore the cliffs further so watching you was most interesting.

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

That has often been our experience as well - just no time to stop and explore. It was a nice change to be able to devote time this time around. 😄

@1a1u0g9t4s2u Жыл бұрын

Someone with mining experience would know better than I, but when you illuminated the mine shaft, it appeared to be the top of the elevator cage. Perhaps when the grate was placed over the mine shaft, the elevator was secured to prevent the adventurous from wanting to venture down. Very nice video, thanks for sharing.

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhh. You know, I was wondering while editing (as I use headphones and can hear things a bit differently before fully edited) what the sound was when the second rock that Glenn dropped hit bottom. It sounded differently - like metal or glass or something. Which let's be real... I'm sure plenty of things have found its way down there, be it dirt, rocks, or other things that should have been packed out. I wonder... I wonder if there's some truth to your hypothesis. 🤔

@carolguezen5829 Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. It did not look like the bottom of the mine floor.

@johntuttle4486 Жыл бұрын

Any danger of radiation from the mine?

@maxernst9619 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Can you list the music titles used in the video?

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

Oh gosh. In all honestly I don't tend to keep track of the music that is used in the videos as I'm more often than not downloading 2-3x (sometimes a whole lot more 😅) just trying to find something that fits and works. It was certainly from Epidemic Sound though. Wish I could remember!