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Zion & the Red Rock Country

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A few of the words

NARROWS
The Narrows is Zion's most iconic hike — wading the Virgin River through a gorge whose walls soar nearly 2,000 feet while the canyon floor is sometimes just 20 feet wide.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HOODOO
Hoodoos are tall, thin spires of rock left standing when softer surrounding stone erodes away; Bryce Canyon, less than 90 miles from Zion, holds one of the densest concentrations on Earth.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SLICKROCK
Despite the name, slickrock — the bare, smooth sandstone surface so common on the Colorado Plateau — is actually quite grippy under a hiking boot; the name comes from its slipperiness under the hooves of early pioneers' pack animals.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MESA
Mesa is the Spanish word for table, a fitting name for these flat-topped, steep-sided landforms that define the horizon across much of the desert Southwest.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Zion & the Red Rock Country: a free large-print word search

Zion & the Red Rock Country — a free, large-print puzzle tracing towering cliffs, silent slot canyons, and sun-warmed sandstone through the desert Southwest.

About Travel & Places

Zion National Park sits in the canyon country of southwestern Utah, where the Virgin River has carved the Narrows — a cathedral of sheer sandstone walls barely wide enough for two people to walk abreast. The Colorado Plateau stretches far beyond Zion's borders, giving rise to arches, hoodoos, mesas, and buttes painted in every shade of red and amber the desert sun can conjure. Juniper and pinyon cling to the canyon rims, and the smell of sage after a brief desert rain is one of the most particular pleasures this wild country offers.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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