Seven Of The World's Most Beautiful Slot Canyons

By Savannah Cox | Edited By John Kuroski

Published February 26, 2012

Updated November 7, 2023

Beautiful Slot Canyons: Pastel Canyon

Pastel Canyon

Located in the Valley of Fire, Nevada’s oldest state park, the Pastel Canyon is a beautiful, colorful sandstone slot canyon said to have sandstone that dates back 150 million years. A formidable canyon, it measures six hundred feet long and twenty feet tall.

Beautiful Slot Canyons Pastel Canyon

Pastel Canyon Nevada

Secret Canyon

Located just a stone’s throw away from Antelope Canyon, the Secret Canyon is a brightly colored slot canyon with over 1500 feet of sandstone brilliance.

Secret Slot Canyons

Most Beautiful Slot Canyons Secret Canyon

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Cox, Savannah. "Seven Of The World’s Most Beautiful Slot Canyons." AllThatsInteresting.com, February 26, 2012, https://allthatsinteresting.com/seven-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-slot-canyons. Accessed May 16, 2025.