Location,+the+West

Ryan Utah is one of the southwestern states of the U.S. and borders Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Idaho. Also, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado are the only four states to come together at one point in the U.S.(at Four Corners). Utah has many National Parks; one of which is Canyonlands National Park, where this book takes place. There are many natural land forms, such as Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park (see photos below), mesas, and arches, such as the ones in Arches National Park (see photos in center). For an explanation of these landforms, click here. To go to the Utah travel website, click [|here.]
 * Location for __The Maze__**
 * Utah**




 * Bryce Canyon (above and right)**



click [|here] to go to the Bryce Canyon website, click [|here] to go to the Arches National Park website, click [|here] to go to the Zion Canyon website, and click [|here] to go to the Grand Canyon Website


 * Delicate Arch** **(below)**


 * Zion Canyon (above)**
 * Arches National Park** **(left and below)**

Arizona, like I said before, is one of the states that meets at Four Corners. It, like most states in the southwest, has many sandstone landforms and is covered in mostly desert. There are also lots of National Parks, like Utah and Colorado. One of its most popular national parks is Grand Canyon National Park. Here is a photo below. --**Double Arch (above right, left in photo)** To see the Arizona travel website, click [|here.]
 * Arizona**

In this book, the Blue Canyon Detention Center was in Nevada. There are many different prisons in Nevada, like the one right outside of Las Vegas (one of the southwest’s biggest cities) city limits. Las Vegas and Reno are both in Nevada and have many casinos, but Las Vegas has more tourists because of its interesting hotels. There is also lots of red-sand deserts and sandstone like the rest of the southwest. Nevada is also the home to Hoover Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the U.S.
 * Grand Canyon (below)**
 * Nevada**