Three Kings in the Valley of Dreams
The Bisti Badlands/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a sprawling geologic formation south of Farmington, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. Formed the remnants of an ancient inland sea, these high-desert landforms are otherworldly in their unusual beauty. Translated from the Navajo word Bistahí, Bisti means "among the adobe formations." De-Na-Zin, from Navajo translates as "Standing Crane." Petroglyphs of cranes have been found south of the Wilderness. It is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways. The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is the largest area of badlands in the San Juan Basin that is easily accessible to the public. The badlands expose the longest, most complete, and most richly fossiliferous sequence of beds spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in any single sedimentary basin in the world.
Three Kings in the Valley of Dreams
The Bisti Badlands/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a sprawling geologic formation south of Farmington, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. Formed the remnants of an ancient inland sea, these high-desert landforms are otherworldly in their unusual beauty. Translated from the Navajo word Bistahí, Bisti means "among the adobe formations." De-Na-Zin, from Navajo translates as "Standing Crane." Petroglyphs of cranes have been found south of the Wilderness. It is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways. The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is the largest area of badlands in the San Juan Basin that is easily accessible to the public. The badlands expose the longest, most complete, and most richly fossiliferous sequence of beds spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in any single sedimentary basin in the world.