Places Found
Navajo Sandstone outcrops are found in these geologic locations:
- Colorado Plateau
- Black Mesa Basin
- Great Basin province
- Paradox Basin
- Piceance Basin
- Plateau sedimentary province
- San Juan Basin
- Uinta Basin
- Uinta Uplift
- Uncompaghre Uplift
The formation is also found in these parklands (incomplete list):
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Zion National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Arches National Park
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Colorado National Monument
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