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The Devils Garden[note 1] of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in south central Utah, United States, is a protected area featuring hoodoos, natural arches and other sandstone formations. The area is also known as the Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area within the National Landscape Conservation System.
Escalante (locally / ˌɛskəˈlænt (i)/ ⓘ) is a city in central Garfield County, Utah, United States, located along Utah Scenic Byway 12 (SR-12) in the south-central part of the state. As of the 2020 census, 786 people were living in the city. [6] The city is named after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary and a member of ...
South Central Communications, d.b.a. South Central Incorporated, is a privately owned company based in Evansville, Indiana. It is owned and operated by the Engelbrecht family, which includes John D. Engelbrecht (President and CEO), JP Engelbrecht (VP & COO), and Bettie G. Engelbrecht (Director Emeritus). [citation needed]
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante (Escalante River) in southern Utah. It was established in 1996 by President Bill Clinton under the authority of ...
The Straight Cliffs Formation is a stratigraphic unit in the Kaiparowits Plateau of south central Utah. It is Late Cretaceous (latest Turonian – early Campanian) in age and contains fluvial (river systems), paralic (swamps and lagoons), and marginal marine (shoreline) siliciclastic strata. It is well exposed around the margin of the ...
Capitol Reef National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Utah. The park is approximately 60 miles (100 km) long on its north–south axis and just 6 miles (10 km) wide on average. The park was established in 1971 [3] to preserve 241,904 acres (377.98 sq mi; 97,895.08 ha; 978.95 km 2) of desert landscape and is open ...
The Escalante Desert is northwest of Cedar City in Iron County, Utah, and extends into part of Millard County. [ 1] The region spans most of Iron County, which annually has 13 inches (330 mm) rainfall and 5.9 feet (1.8 m) snowfall. [ 2] The Escalante region also lies primarily between State Route 56 and Route 21, as well as north and west of ...
San Rafael Swell. Location within Utah. Location. Colorado Plateau, Utah, US. The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, United States about 16 miles (26 km) west of Green River. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles (121 by 64 km), consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of ...