Superman Canyon Found

Above, the rock formations I was looking for. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

A few weeks ago, I took a drive to the area of McKinley County north of the mesas that are across from Jamestown.

One of the routes was New Mexico Highway 566. A little north of Red Rock Park and Church Rock near Gallup, I saw some interesting rock formations at a bend in the road. I was wondering if they had a name and details on their formation. So I did a search. This area is about 15 miles from my home.

Above, Superman Canyon Road intersects with NM 566 about a half mile north of this spot. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

While doing so, I found that the route on NM 566 goes through an area called "Superman Canyon". Looking through a slideshow of LocationsHub, the rock formations are included. The actual Superman Canyon is west of NM 566.

The area nearby was used in the 1978 Superman movie for the scenes of the death of Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). (See Filmed There's page on this.)

Above, the general area of Superman Canyon. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The road into Superman Canyon is Superman Canyon Road (Navajo Route 511), which appears to be inside of the Navajo Nation. The canyon itself is ten miles long and Superman Canyon Road does intersect with NM 566.

Well, while this is interesting movie location trivia, I still haven't found what the rock formations are. It is also interesting to find something that one wasn't even looking for.