Goblin Valley State Park

This 3,654 acre park was carved by wind and water, sculpting unique and mesmerizing goblin -like sculptures out of sandstone, siltstone, and shale layers of the Entrada Sandstone formation, which are every bit as dramatic as the more famous Arches and Bryce Canyon National Parks. This outdoor playground inspires the imagination and conjures nightmares The cowboys who first discovered the formations while herding cows called the formations "mushrooms." Here's a view from up above the valley floor...





Those seemingly small rocks are actually boulders much larger than you, and you are free to hike down to them and climb up them or wend your way through the narrow passages between formations...




Numerous rocks and coves offer unlimited walking, exploring, or hiking opportunities. It is well worth the time to hike through the area for a few hours, to enjoy the desert beauty and fascinating comical goblin forms that you find here. But even just an hour can provide you with marvelous hiking experiences on the valley floor. If you have more time, there are three maintained paths of various difficulty which bring you right up to the formations down in the valley which is about a mile across and two miles long. There are also slot canyons for more adventuresome hikers.





Goblin Valley State Park is located in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville. From Green River, travel west on I-70 for 12 miles to exit 147 (Hanksville) and head south. After about 30 miles turn right at the Temple Mountain/Goblin Valley Junction. The entire road leading into the park is surfaced and improved. Travel west on that road for about 5 miles and then turn left (south)