Tag Archive for: San Juan River

Goosenecks of the San Juan River from Goosenecks State Park, San Juan County, Utah. Photographer: Marshall Robinson; © 2014

POTD 1-13-15 Goosenecks, San Juan County, State Park

Goosenecks State Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Marshall Robinson; © 2014

Goosenecks of the San Juan River from Goosenecks State Park, San Juan County.

With Spring here, we can’t wait to get back out to some of our favorite places. Here’s a bright photo for the season!

Butler Wash, San Juan River, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2011

Petroglyph panel on Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, Butler Wash, San Juan River, San Juan County.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Don DeBlieux; © 2011

Dinosaur tracks on a block of fallen Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone. North of the confluence of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, San Juan County.

What in the world is a gooseneck? When it comes to describing a landform, fowl play (pun intended) may seem apparent. Even when you are standing in front of one, the answer is not obvious. Not until you get a look from above does this name start to make sense.

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San Juan River near Mexican Hat, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen

Rock layers are folded in some areas of the Colorado Plateau, such as these on the flank of the Raplee anticline along the San Juan River near Mexican Hat, San Juan County.