The Sentinel 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 near the
Court of the Patriarchs
The Court of the Patriarchs is a sandstone cliff on the south face of the Three Patriarchs in Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, Washington County, Utah, United States.
Climate
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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, that is part of the
Towers of the Virgin.
The national park map lists the elevation as 7,157-feet.
Description
The Sentinel is located north of Zion's park headquarters, towering above the park road and the floor 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 ...
. It is set alongside 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 mountain. Its neighbors include
Bee Hive
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Mount Spry
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Mount Spry is a small 5,720-ft elevation mountain summit made of Navajo Sandstone located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Officially named in 1934, it honors William Spry (1864-1929), the third gove ...
,
The East Temple
The East Temple is a prominent summit composed of Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. It is one of the notable landmarks in the park. The nearest neighbor is Twin Brothers, one-half mile ...
,
Mount Moroni
Mount Moroni is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located at the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States.
Description
Mount Moroni is located immediately southwest of Zion Lodge, ...
,
Mountain of the Sun
Mountain of the Sun is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Mountain of the Sun is situated immediately east of Court of the Patriarchs, and south of Zion Lodg ...
,
Twin Brothers
Twin Brothers is a Navajo Sandstone mountain in Zion National Park in Washington County , Utah, United States.
Description
Twin Brothers is situated immediately north of The East Temple, and immediately south of Mountain of the Sun, towering ...
, and the
Three Patriarchs
The Three Patriarchs (formerly known as the Three Wise Men) is a set of three sandstone monoliths on the west side of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. The three main peaks were named by Frederick Fish ...
. This feature's name was officially adopted in 1934 by the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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.
In 1995, a landslide at the base of The Sentinel dammed the Virgin River and washed out a section of the park road. The Sentinel was once much bigger before a huge
rock avalanche
A rockslide is a type of landslide caused by rock failure in which part of the bedding plane of failure passes through compacted rock and material collapses ''en masse'' and not in individual blocks. Note that a rockslide is similar to an avalan ...
fell from it, when 4,800 years ago the Sentinel Slide with a volume of 286 million cubic meters
File:The Sentinel in Zion.jpg, South aspect
File:Sentinel Slide in Zion Canyon.jpg, Sentinel Slide
File:The Sentinel autumn.jpg, The Sentinel in autumn
File:The Sentinel through the Cottonwoods.jpg, The Sentinel through the Cottonwoods
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File:Zion, First Light, Hint of Things to Come 4-30-14i (14203453091).jpg, Sunrise. (
Bee Hive
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lower left)
File:The Sentinel Watchman Trail.jpg, The Sentinel seen from the Watchman Trail