5.7 miles away
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
A 112,500-acre wilderness of broad plateaus, tall escarpments and deep canyons on the Colorado Plateau, designated in 1984.
White Pocket
White Pocket, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, is a sandstone formation whose thin grey cover layer resembles an iced marble cake.
- Rank in Arizona
- #613of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 25.5 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
White Pocket is a natural landmark in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona, a remote patch of sandstone. Its grey rock cover layer is in places just a few centimetres thick, giving the formation the layered appearance of a marble cake topped with icing.
Where it is
White Pocket is a natural landmark near Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, in Coconino County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for White Pocket, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the low confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
More photographs
John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab) 
John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab)
Nearby attractions
6.3 miles away
Coyote Buttes
A permit-only section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in Navajo Sandstone, containing the formation known as the Wave.
6.5 miles away
The Wave
A banded sandstone formation in the Coyote Buttes, reached only by permit lottery and a difficult hike.
8.9 miles away
Vermilion Cliffs
The second step of the Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, extending west from near Page across northern Arizona and southern Utah.
14 miles away
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
A 293,689-acre monument south of the Utah line protecting the Paria Plateau, Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon and the Wave.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 25.5 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 36.9565, -111.8982
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12