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Valley of the Gods

Sandstone basin in Utah, United States

Field	Value
name	Valley of the Gods
photo	File:Valley of the Gods - Aerial.jpg
photo_caption	Valley of the Gods
map	Utah#USA
location	San Juan County, Utah
United States
coordinates
elevation_ft	4300
length	8.1 mi
width	8.7 mi
area	152 sqmi
depth	1800 ft

United States

The Valley of the Gods is a scenic sandstone valley near Mexican Hat in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, United States. Part of Bears Ears National Monument, the Valley of the Gods is located north of Monument Valley across the San Juan River and has rock formations similar to those in Monument Valley with tall, reddish brown mesas, buttes, towers and mushroom rocks, remnants of an ancient landscape. On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that reduced the area of Bears Ears National Monument, proclaimed by President Barack Obama on December 28, 2016, with new monument boundaries that exclude the Valley of the Gods. The area remains protected public land administered as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, as it was before the monument designation.

Overview

The Valley of the Gods may be toured via a 17 mi gravel road (San Juan County Road 242) that winds around the formations. The road is rather steep and bumpy in parts but is passable by non-four-wheel drive vehicles in dry weather. The western end joins Utah State Route 261 shortly before its 1200 ft ascent up Cedar Mesa at Moki Dugway, while the eastern end starts 9 mi from the town of Mexican Hat along U.S. Route 163 and heads north, initially crossing flat, open land and following the course of Lime Creek, a seasonal wash, before turning west toward the buttes and pinnacles. Officially named buttes seen from the road include Seven Sailors, Setting Hen Butte, Rooster Butte, Franklin Butte, Battleship Rock, Castle Butte, De Gaulle and His Troops, Lady in the Bathtub, and Bell Butte. In addition to the gravel road, the area is also crisscrossed by off-road dirt trails.

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The valley is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. No entrance fee is charged and no services are provided in the valley. Dispersed camping is permitted at previously disturbed sites, though campfires are not allowed.

References

"Valley of the Gods". Utah Office of Tourism Website.
"Valley of the Gods". Bureau of Land Management.
link. (2020-10-09 . ''blm.gov''. [[Bureau of Land Management). BLM]]. Retrieved December 9, 2017.

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