| 词条 | Valley of the Gods |
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The Valley of the Gods is a scenic sandstone valley near Mexican Hat in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, United States. Formerly part of Bears Ears National Monument, Valley of the Gods is located north of Monument Valley across the San Juan River and has rock formations similar to those in Monument Valley with tall, reddish brown mesas, buttes, towers and mushroom rocks{{emdash}}remnants of an ancient landscape.[1][2] On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that reduced the area of Bears Ears National Monument, proclaimed by President Barack Obama in December 2016, with new monument boundaries that exclude the Valley of the Gods. The area remains protected public land administered as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, as it was before the monument designation. OverviewThe Valley of the Gods may be toured via a {{convert|17|mi|adj=on}} gravel road (San Juan County Road 242) that winds around the formations. The road is rather steep and bumpy in parts but is passable by non-four-wheel drive vehicles in dry weather. The western end joins Utah State Route 261 shortly before its {{convert|1200|ft|adj=on}} ascent up Cedar Mesa at Moki Dugway, while the eastern end starts {{convert|9|mi|spell=in}} from the town of Mexican Hat along U.S. Route 163 and heads north, initially crossing flat, open land and following the course of Lime Creek, a seasonal wash, before turning west toward the buttes and pinnacles.[1] In addition to the gravel road, the area is also crisscrossed by off-road dirt trails. The valley is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. No entrance fee is charged and no services are provided in the valley. Dispersed camping is permitted at previously disturbed sites, though campfires are not allowed.[2][3] In popular cultureThe valley has been used as the backdrop for western movies, commercials and television shows including two episodes of the BBC science fiction show Doctor Who: "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon", the second of which includes an explicit on-screen reference to the filming location.[2][1]{{refn|name=note1|group=note|The 1984-1987 CBS TV show Airwolf is often mistakenly identified as being filmed in Valley of the Gods due to an in episode mention but was filmed in Monument Valley.}} {{wide image|VOG,UT.jpg|600px|Note{{portal|Utah|Geography}}1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Valley of the Gods Brochure|url=http://www.utah.com/monumentvalley/ValleyOfTheGods.htm|publisher=Utah Travel Industry Website|accessdate=7 June 2013}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Valley of the Gods|url=https://www.blm.gov/download/file/fid/3738|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=4 February 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204074646/https://www.blm.gov/download/file/fid/3738|archivedate=4 February 2019|deadurl=no}} 3. ^[https://www.blm.gov/tag/valley-gods "Valley of the Gods"]. blm.gov. BLM. Retrieved December 9, 2017. References{{Reflist}}External links{{Commons category}}
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