Vermillion Cliffs (Kane County, Washington County) extend more than a hundred miles in length and hundreds of feet high across southern Utah. The cliffs are the lowest of the series of cliffs called the The Grand Staircase that extend north out of the Grand Canyon. The staircase includes the White Cliffs, which are higher and located to the north, the Gray Cliffs, then the beautiful shining Pink Cliffs. Beyond these are the Paunsaugunt Plateau and the towering Table Cliffs. Members of Major Powell's 1869-72 expedition used the name to describe the dramatic coloring of the cliffs.

John W. Van Cott