Overview
About Dead Horse Point Entrance Station
Why stop
- Pass sales happen right at the park entrance.
Heads up
- No public restrooms at the entrance station.
Map
Where it is

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dead Horse Point Tour Guide
Your drive to Dead Horse Point Entrance Station, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Dead Horse Point State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
The Dark Skin on the Cliffs“Some of the dark streaks on sandstone cliffs are only a thin skin over lighter rock. These surface coatings are often called desert varnish. Material from windblown dust and water builds up on the surface.”
Plays on the road 0.3 mi from Dead Horse Point Entrance Station in the Parkwolf Dead Horse Point Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- Intrepid Trailhead and Cable Line
- The Ground Is Alive
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- 11 audio storiesacross Dead Horse Point’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Raven, Whiptail Lizard, Fence Lizard, and 1 more
- Works offlinemaps, 21 trails, 22 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
Guide
More about Dead Horse Point Entrance Station
The park's entry pointDead Horse Point Entrance Station is the small fee building and toll-booth gate on the road…
Dead Horse Point Entrance Station is the small fee building and toll-booth gate on the road into Dead Horse Point State Park. Drivers stop here to enter, then continue to the park's overlooks and visitor center. Treat it as a working gate, not a sightseeing stop.
Get your pass hereThe entrance gate is where state-park passes are sold.
The entrance gate is where state-park passes are sold. This is the place to sort out admission before carrying on into the park.
No public restroomsThere are no public restrooms at the entrance station, so don't count on this stop for a…
There are no public restrooms at the entrance station, so don't count on this stop for a bathroom break.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Dead Horse Point
33 sightingsRavenMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
16 sightingsWhiptail LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
34 sightingsFence LizardMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
42 sightingsSide-blotched LizardMost seen around 9 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Dead Horse Point. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.





















