RonnieAdventures #0306 - Goblin Valley State Park, Utah

Goblin Valley State Park in Utah contains thousands of "hoodoos" (A tall rock column protruding from the bottom of a drainage basin.) that are scattered around the Park's 3,654 acres. This location is one of the highest concentrations of hoodoos in the world. 

The hoodoos are a result of weathering and erosion of the Entrada Sandstone that was deposited about 170 million years ago. Geologists have found evidence on the rocks that at one time this area was on the edge of a large body of water and wave action helped shape the hoodoos. 

It is believed that the Entrada Sandstone sediment first fractured leaving joints that intersected at various angles to form sharp edges and "corners with greater surface-area-to-volume ratios than the faces. As a result, the edges weathered more quickly, producing the spherical-shaped goblins." 

Hoodoos are found at many dry, hot areas all around the world, but are prevalent in southwest United States. 

As we were leaving the Park, a friendly antelope came by to see what we were doing.