Big Rock Candy Mountain

Big Rock Candy Mountain

 complex of carbonate hills, about 5,500 feet (1,675 metres) tall, on the edge of one segment of Fishlake National Forest, near Marysvale, south-central Utah, U.S. The striped dun- and rose-coloured hills were fancifully named by workers on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company), one of whom, brakeman Harry McClintock, later composed a song by that title. The song—which features a hobo's vision of the good life (“There's a lake of stew and whiskey, too/ And you can paddle all around it in a big canoe”)—became popular throughout the United States in the late 1920s, and the area became a much-visited tourist destination. A small resort sits at the foot of the hills alongside the scenic Sevier River.

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