• Spires of Cedar Mesa sandstone in Chesler Park (Needles District)

    Canyonlands

    National Park Utah

Navajo Sandstone

Walls of Navajo Sandstone in Horseshoe Canyon
Walls of Navajo Sandstone in Horseshoe Canyon
NPS Photo by Neal Herbert
 
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Did You Know?

Detail of the Great Gallery pictograph panel

Some of the rock art in Horseshoe Canyon was painted over 3,000 years ago. Now known as "Barrier Canyon" style rock art, it was painted by nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers that roamed throughout the southwest. More...