White Rim Road seen from Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park, Utah

White Rim Road seen from Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park, Utah

When you’re atop the Island in the Sky, every view is a good view. Bending around the valley and hills below this tableland at the northern portion of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, is the White Rim Road. The unpaved road cuts a winding horseshoe path full of switchbacks and steep inclines. Most of the 72-mile road is open to four-wheel drive vehicles, motorbikes and bicycles, but permits are required.