Statuesque Sandstone
by W Chris Fooshee
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Statuesque Sandstone
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W Chris Fooshee
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A large sandstone formation stands near the Goblin Valley State Park. Remote, yet one of Utah’s most popular state parks, it is a three-square-mile area covered in whimsically shaped rocks, that look like elves, gnomes, urchins, rascals, imps, pranksters, ragamuffins, and well, goblins.
The myriad odd shapes in the park are made of Entrada sandstone deposited during the Jurassic period 180-140 million years ago. Though known to Native American cultures and a few cowboys, its remoteness kept the valley hidden from view. In the late 1920s, three locals, searching for an alternate route between Green River and Caineville came to a vantage point about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Goblin Valley and were awed by what they saw – five buttes and a valley of strange, goblin-shaped rock formations surrounded by a wall of eroded cliffs. It was officially designated a state park on August 24, 1964.
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