Category:San Rafael Swell

English: The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic and geographic formation in south-central Utah,

It is part of the physiographic Canyon Lands Section of the Colorado Plateau Province.
The San Rafael Swell is noted for sheer canyons and dramatic sandstone formations. It also contains a large amount of exposed fossilized dinosaur remains.
The area was difficult to access until the mid-20th century, when Interstate 70 was built into/through region.

Subcategories

This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

A

► Aliciella tenuis‎ (1 F)

B

► Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel‎ (36 F)

C

► Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry‎ (5 F)

D

► Devil's Canyon Overlook (Interstate 70)‎ (10 F)
► Dutchman Arch‎ (2 F)

E

► Emery County Route 332 (Buckhorn Draw Road)‎ (1 C, 21 F)

G

► Ghost Rock‎ (17 F)
► Goblin Valley State Park‎ (1 P, 96 F)

L

► Little Wild Horse Canyon‎ (13 F)

M

► Muddy Creek (Utah)‎ (1 F)

R

► Robbers Roost, Utah‎ (2 F)

S

► San Rafael Desert‎ (6 C, 11 F)
► San Rafael Reef‎ (29 F)
► San Rafael River‎ (2 C, 32 F)
► San Rafael Swinging Bridge‎ (5 F)

T

► Temple Mountain (Utah)‎ (2 F)

W

► Wedge Overlook‎ (1 C, 28 F)

Media in category "San Rafael Swell"

The following 130 files are in this category, out of 130 total.

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16 21 1419 I70.jpg 2,048 × 1,367; 1.71 MB
A260, San Rafael Swell, Little Grand Canyon, Utah, USA, 2008.JPG 500 × 333; 179 KB
Afternoon Sun (6853953675).jpg 2,048 × 1,035; 231 KB
Assembly Hall Peak (4055580727).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 460 KB
Badlands Rain, San Rafael Swell, UT 8-07 (14946782791).jpg 2,450 × 1,682; 1.29 MB
Badlands Shadows, Utah 7-13 (22728221786).jpg 2,800 × 2,103; 2.02 MB
Badlands Shadows, Utah 8-12 (21493165385).jpg 2,800 × 1,969; 1.96 MB
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Balanced Rock, San Rafael Swell, UT 7-13 (15108245886).jpg 2,450 × 1,507; 1.62 MB
Bell Canyon (4053662472).jpg 1,600 × 1,066; 585 KB
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Bottle Neck Peak (9504526240).jpg 640 × 480; 101 KB
Bowknot Bend on the Green River UT.jpg 4,368 × 2,912; 10.68 MB
Bridge over Eagle Canyon on Interstate 70 inside the San Rafael Swell.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 2.34 MB
Capitalreef.jpg 408 × 566; 76 KB
Capitol-Reef-NP-TF.jpg 4,800 × 2,700; 3.87 MB
Check Brakes, San Rafael Swell, UT 7-13 (32209906724).jpg 1,812 × 1,054; 951 KB
Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry entrance.jpg 725 × 523; 57 KB
Climbing to San Rafeal Swell, UT 7-13 (15407540857).jpg 2,450 × 1,421; 1.29 MB
Colorful Utah, San Rafeal Swell 7-13 (15099657593).jpg 2,450 × 1,588; 1.43 MB
Cottonwood (4052921275).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 798 KB
Cottonwood Tree in Buckhorn Wash (4055578475).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 798 KB
Denver and Rio Grande Lime Kiln.jpeg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.1 MB
Desert Red and Valley Green, UT 8-06 (15380137591).jpg 2,142 × 1,562; 747 KB
Desert scenes driving W through Utah (15438162044).jpg 5,091 × 3,394; 19.78 MB
Desert Storm, Badlands, UT 7-13 (14954026829).jpg 2,450 × 1,571; 1,010 KB
Dikes in black dragon canyon UT.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.02 MB
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Eagle Canyon.JPG 2,800 × 983; 2.83 MB
Emery County, UT, USA - panoramio (27).jpg 1,296 × 968; 506 KB
Entrada Sandstone Boulders, San Rafael Swell in distance (4058947348).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 542 KB
Exit from The Badlands, UT 2013 (19534198349).jpg 2,800 × 1,737; 1.99 MB
Exiting San Rafael Reef, UT 7-13 (15274315838).jpg 2,450 × 1,689; 2.19 MB
Exiting San Rafael Swell, Green River, UT 7-13 (15192162535).jpg 2,450 × 2,099; 2.32 MB
From the other side (9501725117).jpg 640 × 480; 97 KB
Gypsum in Carmel Formation sandstone at the Wedge (4055576479).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 639 KB
Horned-Serpent-SanRafaelSwell-Utah-100 1933.jpg 800 × 450; 157 KB
I-70 overlook.JPG 6,722 × 1,682; 2.81 MB
I-70 Through San Rafael Reef.jpg 4,128 × 2,322; 4.63 MB
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I70 at San Rafael swell-Green River.jpg 2,946 × 1,966; 2 MB
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Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael from The Wedge (4056319242).jpg 1,600 × 1,064; 749 KB
Mesa in the Grand Canyon of the San Rafael (4055576965).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 939 KB
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Milky Way - San Rafael Desert - 15 May 2012.jpg 4,912 × 3,264; 3.53 MB
Milky Way view in the San Rafael Desert - 15 May 2012.jpg 4,912 × 3,264; 3.41 MB
More i-70 east - panoramio.jpg 1,600 × 782; 319 KB
Muddy Creek crossing the SR Swell.jpg 2,912 × 3,640; 10.48 MB
My Public Lands Roadtrip- Muddy Creek Chute in Utah (19535871033).jpg 1,836 × 2,210; 3.19 MB
My Public Lands Roadtrip- Muddy Creek Chute in Utah (20130596816).jpg 4,496 × 3,000; 7.74 MB
My Public Lands Roadtrip- Muddy Creek Chute in Utah (20156856525).jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 1.28 MB
My Public Lands Roadtrip- Muddy Creek Chute in Utah (20156858065).jpg 3,000 × 4,496; 6.8 MB
Navajo Sandstone in Buckhorn Wash (4056320428).jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 468 KB
Navajo Sandstone of the Wedge, with Cedar Mountain in distance (4055575657).jpg 1,067 × 1,600; 779 KB
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On the Level, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007 (23553636291).jpg 2,000 × 1,262; 1,007 KB
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Quitchupah Canyon.JPG 606 × 479; 61 KB
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Rain in the Badlands, UT 8-06 (27471544281).jpg 2,800 × 1,904; 1.52 MB
San Rafael Desert, Goblin Valley.jpg 3,258 × 1,894; 5.55 MB
San Rafael Reef Pool (543564855).jpg 1,280 × 768; 221 KB
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Spotted Wolf Canyon, United States (Unsplash).jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 5.27 MB
Storm Over Badlands, UT 7-13 (15864046220).jpg 2,450 × 1,760; 1.36 MB
Storm over Utah Badlands, I-70 8-12 (14944583450).jpg 2,450 × 1,600; 1.84 MB
Swasey Cabin, Head of Sinbad in Distance (4056325288).jpg 1,067 × 1,600; 516 KB
Temple Mountain (4055582717).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 602 KB
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Tipsy Utah, San Rafael Swell 8-07 (25081485511).jpg 2,000 × 1,296; 1.11 MB
Too Pretty to Call it Bad, Utah Badlands, San Rafael Swell 8-12 (24991236083).jpg 2,800 × 2,165; 2.13 MB
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Urah, Richfield, Storm Clouds over Wasatch 8-31-12 (8307969354).jpg 1,800 × 1,134; 318 KB
USA 10462 Somewhere in Utah Luca Galuzzi 2007.jpg 2,000 × 1,333; 2.88 MB
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Utah - Sign - Stay On Designated Path - Desert (4892177141).jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 10.01 MB
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West I-70 through Utah approaching the San Rafael Reef.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 297 KB

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