Coyote Buttes
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Coyote Buttes is a section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), spanning extreme south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, south of US 89 halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona.
It is divided into two areas: Coyote Buttes North and Coyote Buttes South.
Visiting either of the Coyote Buttes areas requires purchasing a hiking permit.
The Coyote Buttes area is an exposure of cross-bedded aeolian Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. The variable coloration of the sandstones is a result of various iron oxide pigments within the layers. A dinosaur trackway or trample surface is found in the area and provides evidence of a variety of dinosaurs. The area includes dramatic swirling erosional rock formations such as The Wave.
The Wave and Buckskin Gulch share the Wire Pass Trailhead on House Rock Valley Road.
Nearby Locations:
| White Pocket (6 miles) Buckskin Gulch (8.4 miles) Toadstool Hoodoos (12.4 miles) Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (16.3 miles) Yellow Rock (20.6 miles) | Stud Horse Point (22.6 miles) Bureau of Land Management - Kanab Field Office (28.1 miles) Waterholes Canyon (28.2 miles) Horseshoe Bend (28.3 miles) Lake Powell (29.1 miles) |
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Coyote Buttes, Arizona 86036
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