Horse Canyon is a small
canyon
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...
near the towns of
Boulder
In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. In ...
and
Escalante in the
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante (Escalante River) in southern Utah. It was established in 19 ...
in central
Garfield County,
Utah
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, United States
Description
The canyon is one of the three canyons which meet at a fork and turn into Horse Canyon, which is followed down to the
Escalante River.
Death Hollow meets up with Horse Canyon about in.
Wolverine Canyon meets with Horse Canyon about in.
See also
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List of canyons and gorges in Utah
References
External links
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Canyons and gorges of Utah
Canyons and gorges of Garfield County, Utah
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
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