"This guide belongs on the dashboard or in the backpack of every visitor to southern Utah. More than sixty illustrations and nearly three dozen photographs accompany clear explanations of the geologic features of this landscape that includes Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, and Zion National Parks, as well as the Grand Staircase - Escalante Monument.". "Fillmore surveys the origins of the formations and structural features and the geologic processes that have shaped the Colorado Plateau. He also provides road logs with mile-by-mile interpretive geologic descriptions along key sections of highway traversing this area.". "The Geology of the Parks, Monuments, and Wildlands of Southern Utah turns any windshield into a window of opportunity for understanding the forces that created the Utah's unforgettable scenery. It is a useful companion for exploring the breathtaking panoramas and dazzling arrays of fins and fractures, pillars and pedestals, and cliffs and chasms found in southern Utah."--BOOK JACKET.