This hike was expressly designed to visit areas of geological interest. From early views of petrified wood stumps, past richly colored sandstone formations and hoodoos, up to huge trees lying on top of stone pedastals - formed by having the tree block erosion, through sandy basins and along some of the many arroyos in the immediate area to view old depositional sandstones. The white bands mostly represented old river channels of various ages (generally 62-64 million years old in the Paleogene Nacimiento Formation), surrounded by red oxidized materials lining the channel.

The hike is not a designated trail, although a newer, minor trail leads to the large petrified trees which can be identified on other hiking apps. The De Na Zin area is rich with colors and formations, so wandering up many of the arroyos will lead to a rewarding experience. The AllTrails site does not seem to provide a url when De Na Zin Wilderness area was typed in the search box, but the results nevertheless show the area. For this reason, a link to the site is not listed in the References section. Searches for De Na Zin ("Standing Crane" in Navajo) always seem to be coupled with Bisti, which is a connected region of the badlands some miles to the west. Again, no references for this hike seemed to show up in the author's searches.