Guess the spot: Utah Edition

[Glasterpiece]

It also looks like the canyon just before you get to the Maze overlook. Can't remember the name. Water Canyon maybe. If so that would be Panorama Point in the background.

 

[Glasterpiece]

Where the Maze Overlook road and Queen Anne Bottom split there's a place like that. 300' drop. I saw it in all it's raging glory from Panorama point after a major downpour.

 

[Nick]

horseshoe?

No.

It also looks like the canyon just before you get to the Maze overlook. Can't remember the name. Water Canyon maybe.

Yes! It's Horse Canyon, actually. But yeah, the one you drive past the side canyons of on the way to the overlook. You're up!

 

[Glasterpiece]

I really don't expect anybody to get this and I risk disclosing one of my favorite overlooks but I can't imagine disclosing it to a better group of people.

 

[Rockskipper]

The Pothole Cafe, one of my fav spots!

Are those the Flattops and the Moroni Slopes in the background?

 

[Glasterpiece]

The Pothole Cafe, one of my fav spots!

Are those the Flattops and the Moroni Slopes in the background?

I call it The Veranda.

Wrong area. East of the river.

 

[Glasterpiece]

The Pothole Cafe, one of my fav spots!

Are those the Flattops and the Moroni Slopes in the background?

I call it The Veranda.

Think east of the Colorado.

 

[Rockskipper]

Hotel Mesa? That looks like the end of the Arches massif in the distance. Maybe even further east over by Westwater?

 

[Glasterpiece]

Hotel Mesa? That looks like the end of the Arches massif in the distance. Maybe even further east over by Westwater?

Somewhere around 80 miles SW of there. That should narrow it down a bit.

 

[Rockskipper]

Somewhere around 80 miles SW of there. That should narrow it down a bit.

Funny how your brain can make things fit (or at least my brain can).

 

[Glasterpiece]

Funny how your brain can make things fit (or at least my brain can).

The only way anybody would know this is if they have been there. There's not much reason to go there unless you are looking for a secluded place on a high cliff. The rock formations are beautiful and there are a few ruins.

HINT: That is a paved road below.

 

[Glasterpiece]

Time to narrow it down.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5257553,-110.1058655,1005m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4

 

[Rockskipper]

That's a cool location. I was down by Blanding, but too far east. That old corral in the middle is interesting.

 

[Glasterpiece]

That's a cool location. I was down by Blanding, but too far east. That old corral in the middle is interesting.

Corral in the middle? I think you're looking at a huge chained area that is burned. Use the map to show me what you see. Zoom in.

 

[Rockskipper]

Yes, the area looks chained, but in the center is a corral. It's probably made of the chained junipers, but is in a corral shape, what the old-timers call a rip-gut corral.




Here's a quick link I found just now that explains what rip-gut corrals are, though you probably already know.
http://www.sanrafaelcountry.com/Images/RanchPhotos/ripgutcorral.html

 

[Glasterpiece]

I know nothing about corrals. I've never been on a horse.

 

[Glasterpiece]

Here is the actual location. The large white rocks in the center is the Veranda. Potholes and all.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5250028,-110.106715,125m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4

 

[Rockskipper]

This was probably a sheep corral.

I love places like that. I have a couple up around Green River that no one would ever go to. That's part of what makes them special.

 

[Glasterpiece]

The paved road below is U-276 going to Halls Crossing to the right. The dirt road above goes to Collins Spring in the Grand Gulch.

 

[Rockskipper]

That was a very cool share. Since nobody got that one, post another.