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Location

Red Rock Park, Gallup

825 Red Rock Park Rd, Church Rock, NM 87311

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Access notes

Sandstone canyon park east of Gallup. The canyon used in the 1978 earthquake sequence is reachable on foot from the campground road.

Parking

Park lot; day-use fee in season.

Filmed Here

What Was Filmed Here

Superman· 1978

The canyon fault

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Red sandstone cliffs at Red Rock Park near Gallup.Now
The canyon walls at Red Rock Park.dconvertini · CC BY-SA 2.0

What happened here

The earthquake sequence where the fault opens beneath Lois Lane's car was shot in this canyon. Fans have called it Superman Canyon ever since.