The “goosenecks” are a double series of tight loops carved by the San Juan over 300 million years as it flowed to the confluence with the Colorado River over 50 miles to the west of here.

• The overlook is facing southwest. Facing the goosenecks, the sun rises to your left and sets to your right
   
• The best times to shoot the goosenecks is early morning or close to sunset. Too early or too late and the river and canyon walls are in full shadow. At mid day the sun is directly over the canyon and your shots will lack definition and texture
   
• Shooting a stitched panorama is the preferred method to get the wide double gooseneck into one picture
   
• At sunrise, you’ll have to wait 1-2 hours to get light into the canyon, for sunset you will want to arrive a couple of hours before it sets
   
• Most people will shoot from the viewpoint wall –  however, there is a small notch on the right-hand side of the overlook, this gives you access to the benches below you under the viewpoint and a better-unobstructed view of the goosenecks to photograph
   
• That inverted “V” of land in the foreground you see in photographs of the goosenecks can not be totally eliminated. The canyon walls stair-step all the way down to the river. If you walk down to the bench below the viewpoint there will be another “V” below you and so on if you keep descending to the next bench, and again and again.