Wayne County, Utah
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- Capitol Gorge — Natural · Wayne County, UT
Historic Waterpocket Fold corridor at the end of Capitol Reef’s Scenic Drive — a deep, nearly level canyon walk through Navajo and Kayenta walls once used by…
- Cassidy Arch — Natural · Wayne County, UT
Large freestanding natural arch perched above Grand Wash in Capitol Reef National Park, reached by a steep slickrock trail from the Grand Wash / Cassidy Arch…
- Cathedral Valley — Natural · Wayne County, UT
Remote northern district of Capitol Reef National Park: a high-clearance dirt-road loop through bentonite hills, Entrada monoliths, Upper/Lower Cathedral Val…
- Chimney Rock (Capitol Reef) — Natural · Wayne County, UT
Prominent Chinle/Moenkopi spire and trailhead just off UT-24 in Capitol Reef National Park west of Fruita. Roadside views of the namesake pillar plus the pop…
- Factory Butte — Natural · Wayne County, UT
Isolated flat-topped butte rising from grey Mancos Shale badlands west of Hanksville. Popular photography and OHV backdrop on surrounding BLM clay flats. Sta…
- Giles — Ghost Town · Wayne County, UT
Mormon farming settlement on the Fremont River in Blue Valley, Wayne County, inhabited about 1883–1919 and named for Bishop Henry Giles. Fertile soils and a …
- Golden Throne — Geology · Wayne County, UT
Iconic flat-topped Navajo Sandstone butte rising ~1,400 ft above Capitol Gorge in Capitol Reef National Park — a golden caprock landmark of the Waterpocket F…
- Gypsum Sinkhole — Geology · Wayne County, UT
Dramatic dissolution collapse in Cathedral Valley (Capitol Reef National Park) where groundwater removed gypsum and soft beds, leaving a deep vertical shaft …
- Hickman Natural Bridge — Natural · Wayne County, UT
A 133-foot-span natural bridge of Kayenta/Navajo sandstone reached by one of Capitol Reef’s most popular short hikes. The trail climbs from the Fremont River…
- Temple of the Sun — Geology · Wayne County, UT
A free-standing Entrada Sandstone monolith rising more than 400 feet above the floor of Cathedral Valley in Capitol Reef’s remote North District. Paired with…