Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Coral Pink Sand Dunes

location Kane County in Utah (USA)
Geographical location 37 ° 2 '  N , 112 ° 43'  W Coordinates: 37 ° 2 '16 "  N , 112 ° 43' 13"  W
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
Setup date 1963
administration Utah Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks and Recreation
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Dune grasses

The Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is a State Park in southern Utah on the road 43, not far from the town of Kanab removed. The park was established in 1963 .

A notch between the Moquith and Moccasin Mountains causes the wind speed to increase enough to sweep away eroded Navajo sandstone . This phenomenon is known as the Venturi effect . When the wind reaches the open valley after the notch, the speed decreases again and the sand is deposited there.

The park is at an altitude of around 1800  m . As a result, there is a relatively high amount of precipitation , which ensures that some animals and plants are native to the park.

Plants include pines , dune grasses (which can be up to 180 cm tall) and wild flowers, which bloom in June. The wildlife is represented by deer , coyotes , foxes, rabbits, and smaller rodents . Melting snow creates small ponds, which provide a habitat for salamanders and toads . A specialty is the coral pink tiger beetle, a subspecies of the tiger beetle , which occurs exclusively in this state park. Around 107 hectares of the park are under special protection in order to preserve the habitat of this beetle.

Another 485 hectares of the park are approved for the use of quads and similar vehicles.

The park was used as a backdrop in the following films: Arabian Nights (1942), Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers (1943), Timbuktu (1958), MacKenna's Gold (1969), One Little Indian (1973).

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