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View is west after passing through the portal into Chessler Park.
Park simply means "open area" and Chessler Park is surrounded on
all sides by Sandstone pinnacles.
The floor of the park slopes approximately 150 feet from the south upward
to the north and is composed of deep sand.
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View back toward the entry portal from the north junction of the Loop
Trail inside Chessler Park. Lunch break here at 3 miles into the
hike.
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View is north from along the Loop Trail as it skirts the perimeter of the
park.
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View is north between Cedar Mesa Sandstone formations.
This is the first of several campsites inside the park. Permits are
required and no campfires.
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Looking east through a window in the sanstone wall to Elephant
Canyon. Hiker provides human scale.
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Looking back north toward the window into Elephant Canyon from the
previous image. The window is the larger gap between the rock
pinnacles. A hiker provides some scale. The park is
approximately 2 miles wide north to south and 1 mile wide east to west.
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