The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a rolling landscape of badlands which offers some of the most unusual scenery found in the Four Corners Region. Time and natural elements have etched a fantasy world of strange rock formations made of interbedded sandstone, shale, mudstone, coal, and silt. The weathering of the sandstone forms hoodoos – weathered rock in the form of pinnacles, spires, cap rocks, and other unusual forms. Fossils occur in this sedimentary landform. Translated from the Navajo language, Bisti (Bis-tie) means “a large area of shale hills.” De-Na-Zin (Deh-nah-zin) takes its name from the Navajo words for “cranes.”

Explore Nearby

• Chaco Culture National Historical Park — Dark Sky Site in New Mexico
• Navajo Lake State Park — State Park in New Mexico
• Navajo State Park — State Park in Colorado
• Navajo Nation Transportation Development Committee — Scenic Byway in New Mexico
• Bicentennial-Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway — Scenic Byway in Utah