List of National Natural Landmarks in Utah
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Utah. There are 4 in total.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry | October 1965 | Cleveland 39.32282°N 110.689509°W | Emery | federal/Bureau of Land Management | A possible predator trap that now contains over 15,000 Jurassic dinosaur fossils. | |
2 | Joshua Tree Natural Area | 1966 | Washington | federal/Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area | The only Joshua tree forest in Utah and the northernmost stand of tree yuccas in the country. | ||
3 | Little Rockies | 1975 | Garfield | federal/Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | Exposures of intrusive plugs or stocks with associated sills, dikes and laccoliths, all of which were first studied, described and named there. | ||
4 | Neffs Canyon Caves | 1977 | Salt Lake | federal/Wasatch National Forest | An excellent example of a cave formed by the capture of a surface stream | ||
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