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Landform

Bentonite clay carved into slots and spires. A stone cathedral almost no one visits.

Field note

The clay is old Panaca Formation, a Pliocene lake. Slots run like aisles. It is a state park on a highway most people skip between Utah and Vegas.

A private leaf

Prints from Cathedral Gorge


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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Opening the leaf…

Onward

A day's country


The nearest plates, by the miles.

Desert chapter

More desert destinations


Other US desert plates. See all desert destinations in the USA

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On the chart


Vintage map of the United States