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Image by: David Lennard

Located northeast of Mexican Hat, Utah, southeast of Cedar Mesa and north of the San Juan River west of Comb Ridge, the Valley of the Gods is a geologic masterpiece with dramatic red-rock monuments that rise sharply from the valley floor. The monuments, or monoliths, are made of Cedar Mesa Sandstone dating back 250 million years. These freestanding sandstone buttes and spires have served as the backdrop for many cowboy and western films and the valley is a photographer’s paradise. Rock climbers seek out the summits of these treasured monuments.

The Valley of the Gods is considered sacred to the Navajo, who interpret the giant sandstone monuments as ancient Navajo warriors frozen in stone – and time. source: Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition