Eastern Mojave Vegetation San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah.
 
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See also: Black Dragon Wash. Eagle Canyon. The Squeeze. Summerville Point.

Mountain range in central Utah resulting from up-warping of sedimentary strata.

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Literature Referring To This Location:

  • Bureau of Land Management. 2006. San Rafael Motorized Route Designations. Price, Utah 84501: Bureau of Land Management, March 2006. {TAS}
  • Rigby, J. Keith. 1987. Stratigraphy and structure of the San Rafael Reef, Utah; A major monocline of the Colorado Plateau. Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide -- Rocky Mountain Section.

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Tilted sediments at southeastern edge of San Rafael Swell
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San Rafael Swell, southeast edge, in the morning sun.
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View west off of Cedar Mountain.
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View to south of San Rafael Swell from Cedar Mountain Overlook
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View east on Moore Cut Off Road.
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View west on Moore Cut Off Road.
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US Interstate 70 at Exit 116, the "Moore Cut Off Road"
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US Interstate 70 on San Rafael Swell east of Ghost Rock Rest Stop
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View north from Ghost Rock Rest Stop
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Eastern edge of San Rafael Swell.
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San Rafael Swell.

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:21:12 PM, 4/24/2026.