Toadstool Hoodoos in Escalante Park

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a dramatic, multi-hued landscape that is rich in natural and human history. A toadstool hoodoo is a natural rock formation consisting of a larger boulder perched on top of a rock with a smaller diameter. From a distance, toadstool hoodoos appear to look like mushrooms, which is where the name ‘toadstool’ originates. Sounds better than mushroom hoodoos, right?! These unique formations are created due to Dakota Sandstone boulders perching on top of Entrada Sandstone pedestals, and as the softer Entrada Sandstone erodes, the Dakota Sandstone forms a cap, like a mushroom, on top. The rocks on top of each toadstool hoodoo here appear as though it would fall under the slightest breath of wind. The Toadstool Hoodoos are located in Southern Utah in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, right off Highway 89. They are about a 42 minute drive east of Kanab, Utah and 30 minutes northwest of Page, Arizona.