Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Happy 20th Birthday Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument!
At over 1.8 million acres, the monument is larger than the state of Delaware! Visitors here should be prepared for self-guided exploration with a limited number of amenities – they will be rewarded with constantly unfolding vistas and a sense of solitude among some of America’s most vast, remote and spectacular landscapes.
Since its designation, the monument has yielded scientific discoveries at an astonishing rate, especially in the field of paleontology – over 20 new dinosaur species alone have been discovered here since 2000. Monument fossil discoveries have actually changed the way scientists view the Cretaceous Era.
Recent scientific surveys have also shown that the monument is one of the best places to get away from the hustle and bustle of modern society. Instruments placed in the monument have recorded some of the quietest ambient sound levels and darkest night skies anywhere in the contiguous U.S. #GSENM20
Happy 20th Birthday Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument!
At over 1.8 million acres, the monument is larger than the state of Delaware! Visitors here should be prepared for self-guided exploration with a limited number of amenities – they will be rewarded with constantly unfolding vistas and a sense of solitude among some of America’s most vast, remote and spectacular landscapes.
Since its designation, the monument has yielded scientific discoveries at an astonishing rate, especially in the field of paleontology – over 20 new dinosaur species alone have been discovered here since 2000. Monument fossil discoveries have actually changed the way scientists view the Cretaceous Era.
Recent scientific surveys have also shown that the monument is one of the best places to get away from the hustle and bustle of modern society. Instruments placed in the monument have recorded some of the quietest ambient sound levels and darkest night skies anywhere in the contiguous U.S. #GSENM20
