Church Rock (Utah)

Church Rock is a solitary column of sandstone in southern Utah along the eastern side of U.S. Route 191,[1] near the entrance to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park.

In the same area with the majestic Colorado and Green River canyons and Canyonlands, this 200 foot roadside oddity near Monticello is called Church Rock.

It seldom attracts more than a casual glance as visitors head toward Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument and the Needles District or drive between Moab and Monticello.

Members turned all their worldly goods to Ogden to join her Home of Truth, abiding by a strict code of conduct, were expected to work for the common goals of the settlement.

Part of the myth is that the group set upon a grand plan to hollow out the entire center of the sandstone monument, by hand, to build a church.