[Mile-marker 14]
At the top of the hill just beyond the head of Fruita Canyon, two roads
turn left; the first makes several loops through the modern campground
and picnic area then returns to Rim Rock Drive; the second enters a
large parking lot at the Visitor Center. Let us take the first road,
then turn sharp to the left again just west of the Saddlehorn and
explore the camp and picnic areas, which are on a gently sloping mesa of
the Kayenta Formation dotted with piñon and juniper trees and bushes of
many kinds. The Saddlehorn is an erosional remnant of the Entrada
Sandstone. (See fig. 50.) The deluxe campground has both drive-through
and back-in campsites, modern restrooms, tables, piped water, and
grills. Two of the drive-through sites on the northernmost loop are
shown in figure 46.
[Illustration: CAMPSITES AT NORTH END OF CAMPGROUND, Grand Valley
and Book Cliffs beyond. (Fig. 46)]
A view of the picnic area and parking lot is shown in figure 47. During
the summer, evening slide talks are given by rangers at a small
amphitheater just north of the Saddlehorn and to the left of the view
shown in figure 47.