Orderville, Utah - Rock-Shaped Building

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Address:: Hwy 89, Orderville, UT
Directions:: The Rock Stop, Hwy. 89, south of town.

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Orderville, Utah - Rock-Shaped Building

Former rock shop shaped like a large, lumpy, pink rock. Now a cafe. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

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Orderville, Utah - Rock Stop - Rock-Shaped Store

I came across this rock shop while heading to Zion National Park. Once I spotted it, I knew I had to pull over...it is a rock shop that is actually shaped like a rock! Unfortunately for me it was closed for the winter. [Greg Kopp, 01/05/2009]

Orderville, Utah - Rock Shaped Building

This was what looked like an outfitters/outdoorsman shop shaped like a giant reddish/pink rock. [Jim Heverin, 06/17/2005]

[RA: Sounds like the former Joe's Rock Shop, a rockhound gift store made of fiberglass and plaster. It was originally built by Utah professor Albert Porter to house some dinosaur models he made (they are now in a museum in Vernal, Utah). It became Joe's Rock Shop in 1981; we hadn't heard about the change of hands to an outdoorsman shop....]

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November 26, 2009