[Mile-marker 21]
Half a mile to the southeast takes us to a large parking area at Artists
Point, which offers a wide variety of scenic views. The best exposure of
the Summerville Formation in the entire area that I mapped[38] is on the
west side of the road, as shown in figure 20. A short trail leads down
to a fenced overlook for viewing the Coke Ovens to the north (fig. 11)
and Monument Canyon to the northeast.
[Illustration: VISITOR CENTER AND THE SADDLEHORN, looking northwest
across canyon from Otto’s Trail. Note thin-bedded bench of the
Kayenta Formation separating cliffs of the Entrada Sandstone above
the Wingate Sandstone below. The Saddlehorn is the remnant of the
Entrada at the extreme right. (Fig. 50)]
[Illustration: INDEPENDENCE MONUMENT, looking northeast from
Independence View. Note updragged block of Wingate Sandstone at
northwestern end of Redlands fault, just to the right of center. The
other side of this block is shown in figure 41. Grand Mesa forms
right skyline. (Fig. 51)]