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San Juan River and its gooseneck, Utah
This was Day 4 of our Utah trip. After winding up Canyonlands NP late in the previous evening, we set out from Blanding, UT to Natural Bridges National monument. Someone over there told us that Goosenecks State Park is a must see and not to be missed. "Goosenecks" was not originally in our list of places to visit that day but we decided to make a quick stop over as it was "nearly" on our way to "Mexican Hat" and Monument Valley. And we were not disappointed. The views were just breathtaking, you can see the naturally-formed goosenecks made by San Juan River from a vista point.
The San Juan River makes a series of tight turns - goosenecks - below this viewpoint. The river has carved a deep canyon here, dropping about 1,000 feet below the viewpoint. Geologists say this erosion has uncovered a rock record exposing some 300 million years of time. The state park offers spectacular views of the goosenecks, officially known as an entrenched meander. Over a distance of one and a half miles, the San Juan River flows for more than six miles through the twists of the entrenched meander.
Source: www.utah.com
May 31, 2010, Goosenecks State Park, near Mexican Hat, Utah, taken here.
San Juan River and its gooseneck, Utah
This was Day 4 of our Utah trip. After winding up Canyonlands NP late in the previous evening, we set out from Blanding, UT to Natural Bridges National monument. Someone over there told us that Goosenecks State Park is a must see and not to be missed. "Goosenecks" was not originally in our list of places to visit that day but we decided to make a quick stop over as it was "nearly" on our way to "Mexican Hat" and Monument Valley. And we were not disappointed. The views were just breathtaking, you can see the naturally-formed goosenecks made by San Juan River from a vista point.
The San Juan River makes a series of tight turns - goosenecks - below this viewpoint. The river has carved a deep canyon here, dropping about 1,000 feet below the viewpoint. Geologists say this erosion has uncovered a rock record exposing some 300 million years of time. The state park offers spectacular views of the goosenecks, officially known as an entrenched meander. Over a distance of one and a half miles, the San Juan River flows for more than six miles through the twists of the entrenched meander.
Source: www.utah.com
May 31, 2010, Goosenecks State Park, near Mexican Hat, Utah, taken here.