{"id":5476,"date":"2020-10-01T16:34:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T16:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/goldfield-a-classic-mining-town-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T03:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:57:11","slug":"triple-junction-southwest-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/triple-junction-southwest-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Utah: A Triple Junction of Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Those of us living in the Southwestern United States often take the scenery we see out of our windows for granted.<\/strong> Sometimes it takes a trip to other areas of our country, like Ohio, Mississippi or Kansas, to realize just how special our landscape really is.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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In Southwest Utah however, the landscape is especially scenic and unique due to the junction of three well-known physiographic provinces: the Colorado Plateau, Mojave Desert, and Great Basin. This article provides a “best guess” as to how the scenery came about due to the influences from these three provinces, and where to go see them.<\/p>\n

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