San Juan County, Utah
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- Anticline Overlook — Natural · San Juan County, UT
BLM Canyon Rims Recreation Area overlook on the east rim of the Colorado River corridor opposite Island in the Sky. Sweeping view of the eroded anticline, me…
- Bluff Historic District — Historic · San Juan County, UT
Bluff Historic District is a historic district in San Juan County, UT, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, recognized for significanc…
- Candlestick Tower — Geology · San Juan County, UT
Isolated sandstone tower on the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park—one of the park’s signature free-standing rock fins visible from mesa…
- Cedar Wash Narrows — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Remote sandstone narrows in the Glen Canyon country of southeastern Utah near Lake Powell. Slot-like walls and low visitation reward careful navigation on un…
- Chesler Park — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Grassland basin ringed by the colorful sandstone spires of Canyonlands’ Needles District. Reached by the classic Chesler Park / Joint Trail network (viewpoin…
- Church Rock — Geology · San Juan County, UT
Solitary ~200-foot Entrada sandstone tower standing alone beside US-191 between Moab and Monticello, near the UT-211 turnoff for Canyonlands Needles and News…
- Dead Horse Point State Park — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Sheer 2,000-foot overlook of a Colorado River gooseneck and the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands. Utah State Park on SR-313 with rim walks, visitor …
- Druid Arch — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Angular double-opening sandstone arch in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, reached by a strenuous ~10.8-mile round-trip hike via Elephant Hi…
- Goosenecks State Park — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Utah state park overlooking entrenched meanders of the San Juan River more than 1,000 ft below the rim. Paved access from SR-261 leads to guardrail viewpoint…
- Grand View Point — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Southern tip of Canyonlands National Park’s Island in the Sky mesa—paved scenic drive end with a short accessible overlook and optional ~1.8 mi RT rim trail …
- Hole-in-the-Rock — Historic · San Juan County, UT
Site where the 1879 San Juan Expedition lowered wagons through a cleft in the Glen Canyon rim to the Colorado River. Rough Hole-in-the-Rock Road reaches the …
- Hovenweep National Monument (Square Tower Group) — Historic · San Juan County, UT
NPS unit preserving Ancestral Puebloan masonry towers and room blocks (c. 1200–1300 CE) around Little Ruin Canyon on Cajon Mesa. Square Tower Group is the mo…
- Kachina Bridge — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Middle of the three great natural bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument — a massive Cedar Mesa Sandstone span 210 ft high with a 204 ft opening over W…
- Looking Glass Rock — Geology · San Juan County, UT
Roadside Entrada/Navajo sandstone arch and alcove just east of US-191 south of Moab (north of La Sal Junction)—a short walk to a ‘looking glass’ window frami…
- Mesa Arch — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Famous Island in the Sky cliff-edge arch in Canyonlands National Park. An easy 0.5-mile round-trip trail from a signed trailhead on the scenic drive frames s…
- Mexican Hat Rock — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Iconic Cedar Mesa sandstone caprock shaped like an inverted sombrero beside US-163 north of Monument Valley. Short dirt spur off the highway reaches free BLM…
- Moki Dugway — Historic · San Juan County, UT
Three miles of steep unpaved switchbacks on Utah Highway 261 carved into the face of Cedar Mesa, dropping about 1,100–1,200 ft at roughly 11% grade above Val…
- Muley Point — Natural · San Juan County, UT
A 1,200-foot cliff overlook on the edge of Cedar Mesa inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: panoramic views of the entrenched San Juan River, Monument…
- Needles Overlook — Natural · San Juan County, UT
BLM Canyon Rims overlook with a paved-road drive to a broad mesa-edge vista over the Needles District of Canyonlands—spires, grabens, and the Colorado River …
- Newspaper Rock — Petroglyph · San Juan County, UT
One of the densest, best-protected petroglyph panels in the Southwest (Navajo: Tse' Hane, “rock that tells a story”) along the Indian Creek Corridor Scenic B…
- Owachomo Bridge — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Thinnest and likely oldest of the three great natural bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument (est. 1908). Easy short trail from the Bridge View Drive o…
- Rainbow Bridge — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Rainbow Bridge National Monument protects one of the world's largest known natural bridges, sacred to several Native nations. Most visitors arrive by boat on…
- Sand Island Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · San Juan County, UT
BLM-managed, fenced petroglyph gallery on the north bank of the San Juan River just west of Bluff, inside Bears Ears National Monument. Short developed path …
- Sipapu Bridge — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Largest of the three bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument and the second-largest natural bridge in the United States (span 268 ft, height 220 ft). Fo…
- Upheaval Dome — Geology · San Juan County, UT
Mysterious mile-wide circular structure in Canyonlands' Island in the Sky — debated as a salt-dome collapse or ancient impact crater. Short steep overlook tr…
- Valley of the Gods — Natural · San Juan County, UT
BLM scenic drive through freestanding red sandstone buttes and pinnacles north of Monument Valley. A ~17-mile dirt loop passes named formations with disperse…
- Wilson Arch — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Large freestanding sandstone arch visible from US-191 about 24 miles south of Moab. BLM turnout with interpretive signs; a short scramble reaches the base of…
- Wooden Shoe Arch — Natural · San Juan County, UT
Sandstone arch shaped like a classic Dutch wooden shoe, visible from a paved roadside overlook on the Needles District main road in Canyonlands National Park…