Everything about Hoodoo Geology totally explained
Hoodoos are tall thin spires of
rock that protrude from the bottom of
arid basins and
badlands. They are composed of soft
sedimentary rock and are topped by a piece of harder, less easily-eroded stone that protects the column from the elements. They are mainly located in the desert in dry, hot areas. In common usage, the difference between hoodoos and
pinnacles or
spires is that hoodoos have a variable thickness often described as having a "
totem pole-shaped body." A spire, on the other hand, has a smoother profile or uniform thickness that tapers from the ground upward. (Geology purists do note that only a tall formation should be called a hoodoo; any other shape is called a 'hoodoo rock'.) Hoodoos are most commonly found in the High Plateaus region of the
Colorado Plateau and in the
Badlands regions of the Northern Great Plains (both in
North America). While hoodoos are scattered throughout these areas, nowhere in the world are they as abundant as in the northern section of
Bryce Canyon National Park. WED Enterprises (now
Walt Disney Imagineering) notably based the design of the
Disneyland version of the popular
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad around a series of hoodoos, although these were constructed out of steel and concrete.
Hoodoos range in size from that of an average
human to heights exceeding a 10-story building. Formed in sedimentary rock, hoodoo shapes are affected by the erosional patterns of alternating hard and softer
rock layers.
Minerals deposited within different rock types cause hoodoos to have different colors throughout their height. Good examples of hoodoos are found at
Bryce Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of
Utah (see
geology of the Bryce Canyon area).
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