Utah Gazetteer
Forbidding Canyon is a physical feature (valley) in San Juan County.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Forbidding Canyon |
| Category: | Utah physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Valley |
| Description: | Between 200 and 600 ft deep and 5 mi long, heads at the junction of Aztec Creek and Cliff Canyon, trends N to Glen Canyon of the Colorado River 31 mi ENE of Glen Canyon Dam in AZ. |
| History: | "Called Aztec Canyon by early miners in the mistaken belief that the Aztecs had built three pillar-like shelters at the mouth of the canyon (UT-T34/#46). Name is derived from a Navajo word which can mean either ""forbidden"" or ""forbidding""." |
| County: | San Juan County |
| Latitude: | 37.1145287 |
| Longitude: | -110.974391 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Forbidding Canyon: Forbidding Canyon.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Forbidding Canyon does not include property ownership information.
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Rainbow City, UT
(12.1 miles ESE) |
Navajo Mountain Mission, AZ
(16.6 miles SE) |
