Along the rim of the
Goosenecks of the San Juan River is a small State Park offering a spectacular view of the
entrenched meanders, a thousand feet below the rim.
The San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado and flows through the desert areas of the Four Corners area flowing west to meet with the waters of the Colorado River in Lake Powell.
Here the San Juan River has cut itself into a twisty course through layers of sandstone and shales of the
Honaker Trail Formation and the limestone layers of the
Paradox Formation. These are deeper layers of rock than are usually visible in the region.
There were some
rafters visible way down there as I gazed over the edge. There is a one day raft trip from Bluff, Utah to Mexican Hat, but if you go past there, into the Goosenecks it is five days before you can get out.
There is room in the park for some short hikes along the rim, gazing at the meanders from different angles. The terrain is treeless and probably has some desert wildflowers in season. There was a
Navajo couple selling jewelry on the day I visited, a common sight in this region.
Here the San Juan River has cut itself into a twisty course through layers of sandstone and shales of the Honaker Trail Formation and the limestone layers of the Paradox Formation. These are deeper layers of rock than are usually visible in the region.
There were some rafters visible way down there as I gazed over the edge. There is a one day raft trip from Bluff, Utah to Mexican Hat, but if you go past there, into the Goosenecks it is five days before you can get out.
There is room in the park for some short hikes along the rim, gazing at the meanders from different angles. The terrain is treeless and probably has some desert wildflowers in season. There was a Navajo couple selling jewelry on the day I visited, a common sight in this region.
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