Goblin State Park is a strange colorful Mar's like place. Aaron is convinced that if we look hard enough we can find the Mar's rovers wondering around Goblin Valley State Park. Send us a comment if you stumble upon it one day! :)
Goblin Valley is made from deposits laid down around 170 million years ago by an inland sea. Nature sculpted the Goblins by various means such as uplift, wind and water erosion.
Goblin Valley was reveled to the modern world in the late 1920s when cowboys happened upon it while searching for cows.
The Goblins are made of Entrada sandstone. Plants have adapted to this desert environment by reducing the size of their leaves so that they don't loose as much water due to transpiration. Animals usually have to travel long distances to find water or wait for rain. Most animals here are nocturnal. Some animals get water from the food they eat and can go for weeks without water. Jack rabbits, scorpions (yuck), kangaroo rats, pronghorn, kit foxes, midget faded rattlesnakes and coyotes can all be found here.
There are various trails a visitor to the park can take. We decided to take the Entrada Canyon trail which is described as "an adventursome, moderately strenuous 1.3 mile one way trail from the campground to the goblins and bakc", and the Carmel canyon trail which is described as a "1.5 mile moderately strenuous loop." Any of the trails will be well worth your while.
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