Moab

Moab is a city on the southern edge of Grand County in eastern Utah in the western United States. The populace was 5,046 at the 2010 statistics, and in 2015 the populace was assessed to be 5,235.4 It is the district situate and biggest city in Grand County.5 Moab draws in an expansive number of vacationers consistently, for the most part guests to the close-by Arches and Canyonlands national parks. The town is a prominent base for mountain bikers who ride the broad system of trails including the Slickrock Trail, and for rough terrain drivers who desire the yearly Moab Jeep Safari. The Biblical name Moab alludes to a territory of land situated on the eastern side of the Jordan River. A few history specialists trust the city in Utah came to utilize this name in view of William Pierce, the principal postmaster, trusting that the scriptural Moab and this piece of Utah were both "the far country".7:16 8 However, others trust the name has Paiute sources, alluding to the word moapa, signifying "mosquito".