Skip to content
Goblin Valley State Park, Green River, UT

Photo: CGP Grey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sports & OutdoorsOutdoor AdventureFamily FavoriteQuirky Fun

Goblin Valley State Park

Wander freely among thousands of mushroom-shaped sandstone hoodoos, the 'goblins' that give this desert valley its name.

About 12 miles north of Hanksville, Emery County · Green River, UT

About Goblin Valley State Park

Goblin Valley is a state park filled with thousands of hoodoos, eroded Entrada sandstone formations about 170 million years old that locals call goblins. You can hike and scramble among them, then stay in the campground, its yurts or primitive sites. The landscape stood in for an alien planet in Galaxy Quest, and the park is a designated International Dark Sky Park, so nights bring a deep starry sky.

  • #state park
  • #hoodoos
  • #hiking
  • #dark sky park
  • #camping

Printable maps

What's around here?

The closest stops to Goblin Valley State Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Green River State Park

    Under $25

    A riverside state park with shaded cottonwood areas, a nine-hole golf course, and a championship disc golf course, and a launch point for boaters.

    42 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Dead Horse Point State Park

    Under $25

    Look down on a bend of the Colorado River and the canyons of Canyonlands from a high desert mesa.

    53 mi awayMore like this

  • Tours
    Outdoor Adventure

    Redtail Air Adventures

    $50+

    Scenic airplane tours over Arches, Canyonlands and Monument Valley from Moab's regional airport.

    54 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Tours
    Outdoor Adventure

    Skydive Moab

    $50+

    Tandem skydiving from 14,000 feet with views of Arches, Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point.

    54 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Utahraptor State Park

    Under $25

    A Utah state park about 15 miles northwest of Moab, known for a major dinosaur fossil site and off-road trails.

    55 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Canyonlands National Park

    Under $25

    Desert park in southeast Utah of carved canyons, mesas, and spires shaped by two rivers.

    58 mi awayMore like this

Near Goblin Valley State Park

More of the same kind

Keep exploring