LeFevre Overlook

The Grand Staircase is a smaller part of the Colorado Plateau, which comprises a major part of the four corners region and is composed primarily of high desert areas with unique rock formations like hoodoos, arches, waves, ribs, narrows and other mystifying geologic features formed by erosion. These geologic features are found at a greater concentration here on the plateau where the uplift and shifting faults have exposed them to higher rates of erosion than in lower elevation areas.

The Colorado River flows through the entire Colorado Plateau, exposing the lowest elevation at around 2600 ft. at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, where high desert temps limit the vegetation to hardy desert survivors like creosote and mesquite. Meanwhile, within a hundred-mile radius, the highest portions of the Colorado Plateau surpass 11,000 feet in elevation where rare, thousand-year old Bristlecone pine can be found.

The LeFevre Overlook is located along highway 89 between Fredonia and Jacob Lake, Arizona.