Upturned strata forming the San Rafael Reef south of Interstate 70, Emery County, Utah.
The San Rafael Reef is a geologic feature located in Emery County in central Utah, part of the Colorado Plateau. Approximately 75 miles (120 km) long, it is the distinctive eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell. Composed primarily of steeply tilted layers of Navajo and Wingate Sandstone, it has been eroded into tall fins, domes, cliffs, and deep canyons.
The San Rafael River, Interstate 70, and Muddy Creek all cut through the San Rafael Reef. There are also numerous slot canyons that twist their way through the flanks of the San Rafael Reef, among them Crack Canyon, Chute Canyon and Straight Wash. These spectacularly beautiful canyons are often just a few feet wide and can be hundreds of feet deep.
Shadows of contrails over San Rafael Reef — San Rafael Swell, Reef (perimeter), and San Rafael Desert at south & southeast. The Reef is most of the southeast, and east perimeter of the 45-mile-wide (72 km) (west-to-east) San Rafael Swell, which trends southwest-by-northeast.
Approach to the San Rafael Reef's eastern end, from Interstate 70, which crosses through the Reef onto the San Rafael Swell, east-to-west looking.
Interstate 70 cuts through the impressive San Rafael Reef from the east.
narrowing as it approaches the eastern escarpment of the swell, the SanRafaelReef. Just as the highway exits the swell, it passes to the north of Goblin...
Mountain on the south). After passing through the SanRafaelReef it enters the 15 miles (24 km) long SanRafael Valley, where it joins the Green River from...
travel, by analogy with ocean reefs as barriers to sea travel. Examples include Capitol Reef National Park and the SanRafaelReef. The usage may have originated...
Monument Notch Peak Parriott Mesa Rainbow Bridge National Monument SanRafaelReef Sister Superior The Convent The Rectory Valley of the Gods Wilson Arch...
the SanRafaelReef, the Waterpocket Fold, in the Henry Mountains, with additional exposures scattered across the region from the SanRafaelReef to the...
The SanRafael Group is a geologic group or collection of related rock formations that is spread across the U.S. states of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and...
Wildlife Refuge San Luis National Wildlife Refuge San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge SanRafaelReef Wilderness, a recently protected wilderness area...
Dixie National Forests then through Capitol Reef National Park, along the eastern side of the SanRafaelReef passing Goblin Valley State Park and meeting...
Creek and passing the Hidden Splendor Mine area, it passes through the SanRafaelReef at the Muddy Creek Gorge. Finally, after an estimated length of 100...
Gilluly and Reeside in 1928 and named for exposures in the northeast SanRafaelReef at Curtis Point (39°07′36″N 110°26′51″W / 39.126665°N 110.447615°W...
Colorado Rivers. It is found within the Moenkopi formations in the SanRafael Swell, Capital Reef, and the northern part of Circle Cliffs. Through the Triassic...
166.46 September 3, 1964 SanRafael Los Padres National Forest USFS CA 197,380 308.41 79,880 798.8 March 21, 1968 SanRafaelReef Utah BLM Green River District...
The SanRafael Wilderness is a wilderness area in the mountains of north central Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is north of the city...
The Entrada Sandstone is a formation in the SanRafael Group found in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Colorado, northwest New Mexico, northeast Arizona, and...
Capitol Reef National Park is an American national park in south-central Utah. The park is approximately 60 miles (100 km) long on its north–south axis...
hoodoos in the world. The park lies within the SanRafael Desert on the southeastern edge of the SanRafael Swell, north of the Henry Mountains. Utah State...
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