Chimney Rock is a 6,420-foot sandstone summit in Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah, rising more than 300 feet above Utah State Route 24 and standing out as one of the park road corridor’s most recognizable landmarks. An erosional remnant on the Colorado Plateau, it is formed mainly of red sandstone from the Moenkopi Formation, laid down about 245 million years ago during the Triassic, and capped by harder Shinarump Conglomerate of the Chinle Formation. Its geologic setting also reflects uplift of the plateau and bending by the Waterpocket Fold during the Laramide Orogeny. It is also associated with the popular Chimney Rock Trail loop and drains into the Colorado River basin.