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Utah Geological Survey

POTD April 21, 2015: Metate Arch, Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area, Garfield County, Utah

Metate Arch is sculpted by weathering and differential erosion of two sandstone layers along the contact of the Gunsight Butte and overlying Cannonville Members of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The arch is about 17 miles southeast of Escalante, just east of the Straight Cliffs. Metate Arch, Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2014

POTD 4-21-15 Devils Garden Metate Arch

Metate Arch, Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2014