Hanksville Utah Petrified Wood

Hanksville is a small town in Wayne County, Utah, United States, at the junction of State Routes 24 and 95. The population was 219 at the 2010 census. Situated in the Colorado Plateau's cold desert ecological region, the town is just south of the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek, which together form the Dirty Devil River, which then flows so…
Hanksville is a small town in Wayne County, Utah, United States, at the junction of State Routes 24 and 95. The population was 219 at the 2010 census. Situated in the Colorado Plateau's cold desert ecological region, the town is just south of the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek, which together form the Dirty Devil River, which then flows southeast to the Colorado River. The Hanksville-Burpee Quarry is located nearby, and the Mars Desert Research Station is 7 miles northwest of town. The Bureau of Land Management's Henry Mountains field station is located in Hanksville.
  • Elevation: 4,295 ft (1,309 m)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Utah
  • County: Wayne
  • Settled: 1882
  • Incorporated: January 6, 1999
  • Named for: Ebenezer Hanks

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