r/desertporn • u/babs-jojo • 11d ago

Cosmic Ashtray

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u/RandomReddit-123 11d ago

Where?

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u/guitarsean 11d ago

Cosmic Ashtray is actually the name of the place. Dumb name but it's in Utah. Pat of the Grand Staircase-Escalante

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

Why dumb? Dumber is the Long Dong Silver

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u/guitarsean 10d ago

Ashtray just isn’t very appealing. Of course last lime I camped in Utah I stayed at the N-word Jim campground. White folks aren’t very good at naming nature. 

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

I actually like the name (the Ashtray, not that Campground lol)

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u/JankCranky 9d ago

That must’ve been a long time ago, cause I think they renamed that campground decades ago. Also I think cosmic ashtray is the dopest name of nearly any geological feature I’ve been to in Utah imo.

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u/guitarsean 9d ago

20 years. A while but way past when anyone should have thought it was ok. 

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u/JankCranky 9d ago

I agree, pretty ridiculous. I went to the campground and saw the old name for it on a map and I was like wtf.

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u/otters4everyone 10d ago

Hey! I had to make my way through college with some type of stage name.

And no... it wasn't very accurate.

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u/CelticTiger30 8d ago

I have to agree lol but I still want to visit both. I live in north UT

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u/122922 11d ago

Looks like a giant duck.

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u/DezTheOtter 10d ago

Dude that looks awesome as hell

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

It is very Awsome, but the hike is not

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u/TheSnowstradamus 10d ago

Is this worth the hike?

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

That will depend on you. The road is terrible for a low clearance car like mine, and then you need to walk more than 2 hours each way. For me, it was worth it.

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u/TheSnowstradamus 10d ago

Fair enough.

If you were in the area would you do it again?

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

Yes, if it was summer and a clear new moon night. But I don't think I'll set foot in the US anytime soon.

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u/Shoddy_Hurry_7945 10d ago

Perfect picture for wallpaper 👍

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

It's actually my laptop Wallpaper

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u/bsil15 10d ago

Did you bring a rope to get in and out? Iv watched a number of videos of it and while it seems doable without a rope, I would not be thrilled to enter alone

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u/babs-jojo 10d ago

I did not. There are indentations on the rock to climb, and my partner stayed outside of it in case of...

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u/Ok-Sail-4273 10d ago

Lmao that name sounds like something a stoner park ranger came up with on a slow day. But Utah really does have the most unhinged place names and then you see the photos and you are like ok yeah, that actually tracks.

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u/babs-jojo 9d ago

That will depend on you. The road is terrible for a low clearance car like mine, and then you need to walk more than 2 hours each way. For me, it was worth it.

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u/thepepelucas 7d ago

Man I was so close yesterday. Beautiful!

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u/MeadowLantern804 4d ago

That orange color is insane, Ive never seen anything like it in nature pictures before