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Horseshoe Bend has recently grown in popularity. Expect dozens of people on the 3/4 mile hike to the overlook of the Colorado River. Try not to get too close to the edge, those rocks are crumbly! Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona and Utah.

NPS photo by Peter Krocekt.

Want to explore this topic in person? The parks below offer a first-hand opportunity to discover about the powerful force of nature that is erosion.

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geology]
• Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, Georgia—[Park Home]
• Arches National Park, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Badlands National Park, South Dakota—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Big South Fork National River and National Recreation Area, Tennessee and Kentucky—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home ]
• Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Hoodoos]
• Canyonlands National Park, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Capitol Reef National Park, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geology]
• Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Cave / Karst Systems]
• Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Colorado National Monument, Colorado—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Coronado National Monument, Arizona—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Coronado Cave]
• Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Crater Lake National Park, Oregon—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Lava Tubes and Caving]
• Glacier National Park, Montana—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Glaciers]
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona & Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Great Falls Park, Virginia [Park Home] [The Falls]
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Wisconsin—[Nature & Science] [Park Home]
• Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Cave / Karst Systems]
• Joshua Tree National Park, California—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Washington—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Lassen Volcanic National Park, California—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Volcanoes / Lava Flows]
• Lava Beds National Monument, California—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Caving]
• Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• New River Gorge National River, West Virginia—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Natural Features & Ecosystems]
• Obed National Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Nature & Science]
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Pinnacles National Monument, California—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Geologic Formations]
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Cave / Karst Systems]
• Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home] [Erosion]
• Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]
• Zion National Park, Utah—[Geodiversity Atlas] [Park Home]

NPS Geodiversity Atlas

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