Utah

Canyonlands

Canyonlands National Park

This region in southeastern Utah is filled with sacred sites. This is the area of the Valley of the Gods and the Valley of the Goblins. From the
surreal landscape of Bryce Canyon to the crimson cliffs of Kolob Canyon, this thirty thousand square mile park beckons to all seeking natural
spirituality. Many New Age enthusiasts travel to Cheser Park to mediate among the bizarre columns of sandstone. The thirty square mile maze is
a twisting series of rock canyons that are said to change one's state on consciousness- if you can survive the treacherous trip. The phantoms of
wild mustang haunt Dead Horse Point, where cowboys fenced off hundred of the animals and left them to die and thirst.

Salt Lake City

Old Desert

Visitors and guides at this former settlement have reported dozens of ghostly encounters in recent years. The buildings were part of the original
colony established by Brigham Young, who led Mormons west after their leader, Joseph Smith, was murdered by an Illinois mob in 1844. Before
Brigham Young's forest farmhouse was moved to the historical park, his ghost haunted his residence for fifteen years. After it was moved, the
house was taken over by his nineteenth wife, Ann Eliza Webb. Her petite apparition, dressed in black, is seen peering out of the dining room
window of the house. After Ann Eliza divorce Young, she toured the country denouncing him and the Mormon Church. At nearby Jewkes-Draper
Home, the ghostly sounds of children at a party are heard, and the apparition of Mary Fielding Smith has been observed many times standing in
the doorway of Smith House. Sometimes Mrs. Smith is seen wagging her finger angrily, perhaps because her house was set facing the wrong
way when it was moved to the park.

St. George

Zion National Park

Native Americans consider this 229-square-mile sacred site a colossal temple in which to worship, meditate, and talk to the gods. Modern
psychics believe the park is a door to the esthetic realm through which are channeled the energies of the earth's Light Towers, such as the
Pyramid of Giza, Mount Sinai, Ayers Rock, and Mount Shasta. They believe the crystalline peaks in Zion contain the coded matrix for the future
evolution of the human spirit. The Smithsonian Butte back Country Byway passes through some of the most sacred sites, including the peaks of
the East and West Temple, and the rock formations North Guardian Angel and The Watchman.

Hauck, Dennis. (1994). Haunted Places: Ghost Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO landings, and other supernatural locations. New York: Penguin Book.