Rock Formations in Utah

Discover 13 rock formations in Utah.

Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Navajo Mountain, Utah

Rainbow Bridge National Monument

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

Big Water, Utah

Edmaier's Secret

This hidden gem in Arizona is truly worth the rugged journey.

Lake Powell, Utah

Cathedral in the Desert

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

Tusher Tunnel. The tunnel is tall enough to stand upright--note the shadowed figure.

Tusher Tunnel

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

View westward from the trail, toward the Colorado River.

Castle Valley, Utah

Fisher Towers

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Brian Head, Utah

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Checkerboard Mesa

Checkerboard Mesa

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

San Juan County, Utah

House on Fire Ruin

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Henrieville, Utah

Kodachrome Basin Spires

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Red Canyon

Panguitch, Utah

The Cassidy Trail

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

The Wahweap Hoodoos

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

An aerial view of Upheaval Dome

Upheaval Dome

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

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