Muddy Creek (central Utah)
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Muddy Creek is a stream in central Utah, United States, that drains portions of Emery, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne counties.
Muddy Creek Gorge, looking northwest toward its mouth at the southeastern edge of the Swell
Aerial view of Muddy Creek cutting through the San Rafael Reef and Swell
The Chute of Muddy Creek
San Rafael Reef
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The San Rafael Reef is a geologic feature located in Emery County in central Utah, part of the Colorado Plateau. Approximately 75 miles long, it is the distinctive eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell
Muddy Creek (central Utah)
…known as “the Chute". After merging with Chimney Canyon and passing the Hidden Splendor Mine area, it passes through the southeastern escarpment of the San Rafael Reef at the end of Muddy Creek Gorge. In its lower reaches, it continues southeastward through the Blue Hills badlands near Caineville, then cuts through…
Western San Rafael Reef, Utah, looking south
Upturned strata forming the San Rafael Reef south of Interstate 70, Emery County, Utah.
Shadows of contrails over San Rafael Reef — San Rafael Swell, Reef (perimeter), and San Rafael Desert at south & southeast. The Reef is most of the southeast, and east perimeter of the 45-mile-wide (72 km) (west-to-east) San Rafael Swell, which trends southwest-by-northeast.
Approach to the San Rafael Reef's eastern end, from Interstate 70, which crosses through the Reef onto the San Rafael Swell, east-to-west looking.