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Devil's Slide is a geological formation located near the border of Wyoming in northern Utah's Weber Canyon, near the community of Croydon in Morgan County, Utah, United States. The Slide consists of two parallel limestone strata that have tilted to lie vertical, protruding 40 feet (12 m) out of the mountainside.
To the north is the Dixie National Forest and to the south are the Hole-in-the-Rock and Lake Powell which are located within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The Devils Garden is situated at an elevation of 5,243 ft (1,598 m) above sea level in Garfield County, Utah. [2]
The popular hiking, backpacking, and canyoneering areas include Calf Creek Falls off Utah Scenic Byway 12, and Zebra Canyon, Harris Wash, and the Devils Garden. The latter areas are accessed via the Hole-in-the-Rock Road , which extends southeast from Escalante, near the base of Fifty-Mile Mountain.
Devils Garden [note 1] is an area of Arches National Park, located near Moab, Utah, United States, [2] that features a series of rock fins and arches formed by erosion. [3] The Devils Garden Trail, including more primitive sections and spurs, meanders through the area for 7.2 mi (11.6 km). [ 4 ]
Devil Canyon, San Bernardino Mountains, California; Devil's Canyon and Devil's Canyon Trail in San Gabriel Wilderness, Los Angeles County, California; Devil's Canyon Wilderness - A federally designated wilderness area on the western edge of the San Rafael Swell in Emery County, Utah; Devil's Canyon - north of the Lower Monumental Dam on the ...
Weber Canyon is, historically, one of the more important canyons in Utah. The many streams that feed into the Weber River made the area attractive to prehistoric nomadic Native Americans, including the Shoshone and Ute tribes. The river and canyon were named for fur trapper John Henry Weber. Early explorers also included Étienne Provost.
Arches National Park is a national park of the United States in eastern Utah.The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah.The park contains more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the well-known Delicate Arch, which constitute the highest density of natural arches in the world.
After others began settling in the rather limited planar areas of the mountainous territory, the Utah Territory legislature acted on January 17, 1862, to form a separate county from sections partitioned off Davis, Great Salt Lake, Summit, and Weber counties. The small settlement at Morgan was named the county seat.