The Organ is a elevation
Navajo Sandstone
The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.Anonymou ...
summit located in
Zion National Park
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety ...
, in
Washington County of southwest
Utah
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, United States.
The Organ is situated in the Big Bend at the north end of
Zion Canyon
Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; ''weap'' is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entir ...
, rising 700-feet (213 meters) above the canyon floor and the North Fork of the
Virgin River
The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the ...
which drains precipitation
runoff
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from this rock. Neighbors include
The Great White Throne,
Cathedral Mountain,
Angels Landing
Angels Landing, known previously as the Temple of Aeolus, is a tall Formation of rocks, rock formation in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, United States. A renowned trail cut into solid rock in 1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing an ...
,
Observation Point, and
Cable Mountain
Cable Mountain is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Towering above the floor of Zion Canyon at the Big Bend area, Cable Mountain is situated immediately no ...
. The Organ is
believed to have been named by Claud Hirschi and Ethelbert Bingham, residents of
Rockville, on their 1916 trip with Methodist Minister Frederick Vining Fisher, who also named geographical formations in Zion.
National Park Service nps.gov/zion
/ref> This geographical feature's descriptive name was officially adopted in 1934 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal govern ...
.
Climate
Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit The Organ. According to the Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
system, it is located in a Cold semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...
zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below 32 °F (0 °C), and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.
Gallery
File:The Organ, Zion National Park.jpg, The Organ centered. The Great White Throne (left)
File:View from the Observation Point Trail.jpg, View from the Observation Point Trail, The Organ centered
File:Big Bend monoliths.jpg, The Organ (left), Angels Landing (right)
File:Zion (16119770057).jpg, The Organ
File:Cathedral Mountain, Utah.jpg, The Organ in bullseye
File:Angels Landing 27 (4210354665).jpg, The Organ seen from Angels Landing trail
File:Zion Cable, Organ, GWT.jpg, The Organ centered. Cable Mountain
Cable Mountain is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Towering above the floor of Zion Canyon at the Big Bend area, Cable Mountain is situated immediately no ...
left, The Great White Throne right
File:The Organ and The Great White Throne.jpg, The Organ centered. The Great White Throne (upper left)
File:Big Bend. The Organ.jpg, East aspect
See also
* Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area
The geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area includes nine known exposed formations, all visible in Zion National Park in the U.S. state of Utah. Together, these formations represent about 150 million years of mostly Mesozoic-aged sedimenta ...
* Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area of ...
References
External links
Zion National Park
National Park Service
Localized weather forecast
* The Organ rock climbing
mountainproject.com
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Mountains of Utah
Zion National Park
Mountains of Washington County, Utah
Sandstone formations of the United States