# Comb Wash

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**Comb Wash** is a long narrow valley in south central [San Juan County](/source/San_Juan_County,_Utah), [Utah](/source/Utah), United States. It runs from Elk Ridge in the north approximately 35 miles (56 km) to the south, where it merges with the [San Juan River](/source/San_Juan_River_(Colorado_River)) at an elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,300 m). The eastern edge of the wash is the [Comb Ridge](/source/Comb_Ridge),[1] steep cliffs of [Navajo Sandstone](/source/Navajo_Sandstone), rising in places to 1,000 feet (300 m) above the valley floor. (Although the Comb Wash ends at the San Juan River, the Comb Ridge continues south for about another 40 miles (64 km) into northern [Arizona](/source/Arizona).)

On the western edge of Comb Wash is a series of canyons draining [Cedar Mesa](/source/Cedar_Mesa). To the north is Arch Canyon, which has Texas Canyon as an upper tributary. In the central section are Mule Canyon, Dry Wash, and the combined outlet of Fish and Owl canyons. To the south are McCloyd's Canyon (containing the [Moon House](/source/Moon_House) ruin) and Road Canyon. Scattered throughout these canyons are cliff dwellings of the [Ancestral Puebloans](/source/Ancestral_Puebloans).

[SR-95](/source/Utah_State_Route_95) crosses the northern part of Comb Wash, while [U.S. Route 163](/source/U.S._Route_163_(Utah)) crosses further south. Running along the wash is a primitive road, often impassable after floods.[2] Nearby are the [Natural Bridges National Monument](/source/Natural_Bridges_National_Monument), the [Grand Gulch Primitive Area](/source/Grand_Gulch_Primitive_Area), the [Valley of the Gods](/source/Valley_of_the_Gods) scenic area, and [Goosenecks State Park](/source/Goosenecks_State_Park).

## See also

- [Posey War](/source/Posey_War)
- [List of rivers of Utah](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Utah)
- [List of valleys of Utah](/source/List_of_valleys_of_Utah)

## References

1. ["Comb Wash"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151112205029/http://visitingtheancients.com/Comb_Wash_UT.html). *visitingtheancients.com*. Archived from [the original](http://visitingtheancients.com/Comb_Wash_UT.html) on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

1. ["Comb Wash"](http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=345). *taildamage.com*. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

## External links

- [Geology of Comb Wash](https://web.archive.org/web/20061007040845/http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-424/cw_pamph.pdf)
- [Comb Wash](https://web.archive.org/web/20151112205029/http://visitingtheancients.com/Comb_Wash_UT.html) (on visitingtheancients.com)
- [Comb Wash](https://www.youtube.com/9eqPPdS_uhc) on YouTube
- [Comb Wash Utah](https://www.youtube.com/F1jA1LSyaQc) on YouTube

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