Rock Formation · Utah

Mexican Hat

A 60-ft sombrero balanced on a rock pedestal

TypeRock Formation
StateUtah
Best seasonSpring & fall
How to visitFree; roadside view + short scramble

A wildly improbable disk of rock balanced on a slender pedestal just off the highway in far southeast Utah, looking exactly like an upside-down sombrero. The tiny town it named sits at the gateway to the San Juan’s goosenecks and Monument Valley.

The shot

The “hat” against red-rock badlands.

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