Coyote Buttes is a section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), spanning extreme south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, south of US 89 halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona. It is divided into two areas: Coyote Buttes North and Coyote Buttes South. Visiting either of the Coyote Buttes areas requires purchasing a hiking permit.

The Coyote Buttes area is an exposure of cross-bedded aeolian Jurassic Navajo Sandstone.^[1] The variable coloration of the sandstones is a result of various iron oxide pigments within the layers. A dinosaur trackway or trample surface is found in the area and provides evidence of a variety of dinosaurs.^[1] The area includes dramatic swirling erosional rock formations such as The Wave.

The Wave and Buckskin Gulch share the Wire Pass Trailhead on House Rock Valley Road.

Dinosaur trackway[edit]

The dinosaur trackway within the area is a site of 0.75 acres (3,000 m²) that has densely packed dinosaur footprints within the area. The trackway contains more than 1,000 footprints which were made approximately 190 million years ago.^[2] Tracks of three genera of Eubrontes, Anchisauripus and Grallator are present along with a Sauropodomorph that has not been identified.^[1]

Gallery[edit]

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  Coyote Buttes
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  Coyote Buttes
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  The Wave
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  Looking north past the teepees, in Coyote Buttes South

Panorama, Brain Rock Garden, Coyote Buttes

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "Coyote Buttes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
• "Bureau of Land Management website". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13., with information on hiking permits
• "The Wave (Coyote Buttes)". SummitPost.org.

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