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The San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant lies in the valley center just north of Lochiel. The Nature Conservancy purchased the former land grant ranch in 1998 and Arizona established the "San Rafael State Natural Area" in the valley in 1999 on the southern part of that property. The protected areas are not open to the public.
Allen, Steve, Canyoneering: The San Rafael Swell, 1992. ISBN 0-87480-372-1; Durrant, Jeffrey O. Struggle Over Utah's San Rafael Swell: Wilderness, National Conservation Areas, and National Monuments, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8165-2669-7; Kelsey, Michael R. Hiking and Exploring Utah's San Rafael Swell, 3rd edition, 1999. ISBN 0-944510-17-5
Diamond Valley (Uintah County, Utah) Diamond Valley (Washington County, Utah) Dry Valley (Wayne County, Utah) Dry Valley (San Juan Valley) Dugway Valley; E. Emma Park; F. Falcon Valley; Ferguson Desert; Fish Springs Flat; G. Goshen Valley; Grand Valley (Colorado-Utah) Grass Valley (Piute and Sevier counties, Utah) Gunnison Valley (Emery and ...
The Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel is an example of rock art, located in Buckhorn Draw in the San Rafael Swell in central Utah, approximately four miles north of the San Rafael campground and bridge. Primarily a Barrier Canyon Style panel, there are a few later petroglyphs of Fremont culture origin as well. In many cases the Fremont painted ...
The resulting San Rafael Group is composed of four formations that were deposited on top of the Glen Canyon Group's regionally traceable erosion surface. San Rafael Group formations are (from oldest to youngest); Page Sandstone, Carmel Formation, Entrada Sandstone, Curtis Formation, and; Summerville Formation.
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The high San Rafael Valley also lies to the southeast. Patagonia Lake State Park, around Patagonia Lake, lies about six miles southwest of the town. [5] Most of the soils are calcareous silty clay loams (Pima series), with calcareous sandy loam of the Comoro series and noncalcareous sandy loam of the Caralampi series also present. [6]
Since it enters the San Rafael Swell at an elevation well below that attained by the Swell itself and continues through the Swell's entire expanse, Muddy Creek is a very ancient river course, "superimposed" on the entire San Rafael uplift and therefore predating the time when the latter arose some 60-40 million years ago. [citation needed]