You can find the Utah Mystery Monolith on Google Maps

[El Supremo]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/UT-211,+Monticello,+UT+84535/@38.3417587,-109.6657139,92a,35y,342.5h,61.73t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8738170d1671cb13:0x13ef2e6cf770e901!8m2!3d38.0735237!4d-109.3529237

Copy and paste the whole URL.

It was listed on Google Earth so I found it on Google Maps so everyone can see it. It is very close to Dead Horse Point State Park which I visited in 1979.

Notice the lack of tire tracks. So it has been there awhile.

[tblue37]

1. URL didn't work for me.

[El Supremo]

3. Did you copy the whole thing?

And then paste it into you browser's address box? DU doesn't like long URLs.

[JHB]

20. It does if you use...

...linked text

[maxsolomon]

4. try this:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/UT-211,+Monticello,+UT+84535/@38.343226,-109.6663038,127m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8738170d1671cb13:0x13ef2e6cf770e901!8m2!3d38.0735237!4d-109.3529237

[Celerity]

18. ...

[lilymidnite]

2. link got broken up

Try this (google earth rather than maps):
https://earth.google.com/web/@38.34301098,-109.66609761,1314.60328611a,136.15957716d,35y,0h,0t,0r

Near the Colorado river. Slot canyons all the way. Only a wash to drive in. Interesting.

[El Supremo]

6. Wow. Google Earth is now browserable.

I've been using a stand-alone program for years.

[Staph]

11. I haven't been on Google Earth in ages.

But I seem to remember an option that let you look at older images. I can't seem to find that capability anymore. It would be wonderful to look back in time to see if there's a point without the monolith.

What am I forgetting?

[Beartracks]

12. I think Google maps has historical imagery. But...

... not sure about Google Rarth.

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[canetoad]

26. Google earth definitely has the facility

Found either in the 'View' menu or halfway along the buttons to the right of search box.

[intrepidity]

5. Nice. I had thought about looking, but glad you saved me the time! nt

[maxsolomon]

7. Kind of doubt it was trucked in.

My guess is that it is hollow and was carried from the nearby dirt track.

Anyway, that looks like a cool spot, as is much in that area.

[Brother Buzz]

9. It's not solid; it was assembled

Not all the photos capture it, but there are screw patterns visible on some photos. Still, it takes some chops to create it, as clean as it is.

[maxsolomon]

14. I bet there are people there TODAY.

It's maybe a 3-hour off-road drive from Moab.

On edit: it looks harder to get there than I thought.

[Brother Buzz]

19. For sure, but I fear the vandals will soon descend and have their way with it

The drink beer, talk stupid and holler crowd seems to have been validated in the last four years.

[maxsolomon]

21. Meh, the State of Utah or the Feds will haul it out of there post haste.

If they don't, I'm heading there in the spring!

[El Supremo]

22. I think you got it!

https://www.sz-mag.com/news/2013/10/john-mccracken-works-from-1963-2011/

He died in 2011. So it could have been there at least that long.

[Brother Buzz]

24. Factoid: McCracken did work with stainless steel later in his career

But he seemed to favor highly polished stainless.

[SCantiGOP]

8. It was probably out there millions of years ago

Therefore no tracks.
Suggest we load up the rocket ship for Jupiter.

[lilymidnite]

10. Mileage

It's 3.23 miles from UT-211 (not far out of Moab), the Needles highway. Then 500 feet from there.

[maxsolomon]

16. Well, sort of.

"Lock Hart Rd." is that dirt road that wraps around those sandstone "fins". Quickest way is probably to go north from UT 211 near the entrance to the Needles Unit of Canyonlands NP.

Probably an hour of serious 4WD to get there from 211.

[yowzayowzayowza]

17. Or just boat it in and follow the sandy riverbed til it dead ends. n/t

[Mendocino]

27. About 4 miles NNE

of the Needles Overlook.

34.343089
-109.666191

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. I was kind of hoping the location would be a mystery a little longer

But here we are. I'm still looking for Shangri-La.

[yonder]

15. Thanks for the position. We used to camp not too far from here in the mid 70's

I still say this is the handiwork of Edward Abbey, the Monkeywrench Gang or any of various lieutenants.

[Mendocino]

23. Maybe its the burial site of

Edward Abbey.

[Kali]

28. nope

he's out west of Tucson

[cojoel]

25. I think Sidney Powell is responsible

Didn't she said she was going to unleash the McCracken?