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The grid-cracked dome of Checkerboard Mesa

Fig. 1The grid-cracked dome of Checkerboard Mesa

Photo: Jon Sullivan · Public domain

Landform

A cream Navajo dome crossed by joints and bedding — hills on the east side, not the main Zion Canyon.

Field note

Horizontal beds meet vertical cracks. Pines hold the base. This is Checkerboard on the east side, not Angels Landing and not the Virgin gorge.

A private leaf

Prints from Checkerboard Mesa

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

The prints

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A day's country

The nearest plates, by the miles.

Hills chapter

More hills destinations

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

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Vintage map of the United States