Cedar Breaks National Monument

Cedar Breaks National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Cedar Breaks National Monument

Preserve, southwestern Utah, U.S. Established as a national monument in 1933, it consists of a vast natural amphitheatre (10 sq mi [26 sq km]) eroded in a limestone escarpment. Iron and manganese oxide impurities in the cliff produce an amazing variety of colours that change constantly.

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Cedar Breaks National Monument

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Monuments

Address: 2390 W Hwy 56, Suite 11
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: 435-586-9451;
Fax: 435-586-3813;
Web: www.nps.gov/cebr/
Size: 6,155 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on August 22, 1933.
Location: In southwestern Utah. From I-15 southbound, take UT 143 east; from I-15 northbound, take UT 14 east for 18 miles, then UT 148 north for 4 miles.
Facilities: Campground, picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities: Camping, hiking, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, auto touring.
Special Features: A huge natural amphitheater has eroded into the variegated Pink Cliffs (Wasatch Formation), 2,000 feet thick at this point. Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift and erosion have created a deep canyon of rock walls, fins, spires and columns, that spans some three miles.

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See other parks in Utah.