USA/UT: Kodachrome Basin State Park

Kodachrome Basin is one of the oldest and first parks in Utah and was named so by the National Geographic Society for the colorful landscape. Originally, many years ago, this was a massive volcanic caldera, similar to Yellowstone National Park, with many geysers and hot springs and other geothermal features. Over time, the sediment created massive calcified spires that stand where the geysers use to spout. Many of the spires have distinct penis-like shapes. While Bryce and Zion get massive crowds, the little known Kodachrome Basin State Park gets very little tourist traffic, despite being nearby. The park is very unique and famous for its sandstone spires – there are around 70 of them, from short to supermassive, over 150ft high. These are the only known such sandstone spires or sandstone pipes in the world – this area used to be an ancient geyser field, akin to Yellowstone today. The springs and geysers got filled with sediment and harder materials and then the whole area got uplifted and the softer red sandstone eroded away living the spires stand alone. Quite a few of the spires are rather phallic in shape and appearance, making it perhaps the highest concentration of stone dicks in the world.
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