Canyonlands National Park is just up the road from Arches National Park - both just north of downtown Moab, UT. (Deadhorse State Park is on the same access road as Canyonlands National Park).
Canyonlands has three entrances. We went in the main entrance due to limited time and could access most of the northern section of the park. The Maze and the Needles are accessible elsewhere and are more back-country and require some serious self preservation skills.
To say it was HOT here is to grab "understatement" by the throat. About half way into the park, the kids refused to leave the truck - it was like stepping into a furnace. Truly too hot to get excited about wandering too far for anything.
A couple of highlights are the Islands in the Sky Overlook (you barely have to get out of the car) and the Mesa Arch (probably a 1/4 mile hike but well worth it even with the heat). In the distance is "Washer Woman Arch" which looks like a woman washing clothes in a tub - front & center of one of these pictures.
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