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national parks. The drive through the park is a five-mile stretch along Rte. 148 (Rte. 143
on older maps), which heads north off Rte. 14.
Each of four separate overlooks, at elevations greater than 10,000 feet, offers a unique
perspective on the myriad columns and canyons within the amphitheater. Toward sunset
the shadows grow long, their drama deepened by a medley of oranges and reds that are as
brightasglowingembers.Inmidsummerthepurpleandcrimsoncolorsoftherocksmingle
with a floral palette of lupine, larkspur, and Indian paintbrush. These wildflowers contrast
sharply—in both size and age—with the bristle-cone pine, the granddaddy of trees. Con-
torted by age and weather, a few of these venerable Cedar Breaks veterans have inhabited
the plateau since the last days of the Roman Empire some 16 centuries ago.
Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift, and erosion carved out the three-mile-wide amphitheater that came to be known
as Cedar Breaks.
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