Colob Country. Buttes of the Mukuntuweap Branch of the Virgin River in
distance. On the horizon is shown the Great Temple, or, as the Mormons call
it, "Steamboat Rock," which is 7500 feet high. Springdale is just
the other side of the square-topped buttes. Southern Utah. (Negative broken).
USGS Earth Science Photographic Archive digital file:hjk00712
Springdale is the community just outside the southern park entrance (near
the Zion Canyon Visitor Center). The "Great Temple" is labeled
"Towers of the Virgin" with a high point, "Altar of Sacrifice"
labeled with an elevation of 7,505 feet. |
