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Backpack the Escalante River
Escalante, Utah
14 mi
/ 400 ft gain
The Escalante River trail is an easily accessible, moderately strenuous hike within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The national monument encompasses over 2 million acres of wilderness, choc-full of large canyons, narrow slot canyons, rivers, hoodoos, arches, natural bridges and more. This trail follows the Escalante River through a large canyon, and allows access to many side cany...
Escalante River Trail: Escalante to UT-12
Escalante, Utah
12.97 mi
/ 3373 ft gain
Escalante River Trail: Escalante to UT-12 is a point-to-point trail that takes you by a river located near Eggnog, Utah.
Petrified Forest Nature Trail
Escalante, Utah
1.67 mi
/ 423 ft gain
Petrified Forest Nature Trail is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Escalante, Utah.
Covered Wagon Natural Bridge Trail
Escalante, Utah
4.0
0.59 mi
/ 66 ft gain
Covered Wagon Natural Bridge Trail is an out-and-back trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Escalante, Utah.
Escalante Natural Bridge
Boulder, Utah
5.0
3.25 mi
/ 266 ft gain
This is a 3.2 mile hike in the Escalante River Canyon near Escalante, Utah. This hike features a number of brief river crossings, so be prepared to get wet! The hike traverses a number of small boulder fields and dense riverside vegetation before concluding at the Escalante Natural Bridge. This hike typically takes about 2 hours.
The hike begins about 13 miles east of Escalante just north of t...
Lower Calf Creek Falls
Boulder, Utah
4.6
5.74 mi
/ 515 ft gain
The trailhead for lower calf creek falls begins at the Calf Creek Campground. There is a small fee to park in the campground and a larger fee if you plan on camping in the campground. There is potable water and outhouses at the trailhead but parking can be difficult to find during the spring and fall.
Near the trailhead there is a pamphlet that you can grab that will tell you about the plants ...
Death Hollow and Escalante River
Boulder, Utah
34.28 mi
/ 7802 ft gain
Death Hollow and Escalante River is a loop trail that takes you by a river located near Boulder, Utah.
Backpack Death Hollow in Grand Staircase-Escalante
Boulder, Utah
22 mi
/ 1600 ft gain
The most popular route into Death Hollow is from the Boulder airstrip near the town of Boulder, Utah. The trailhead for the Boulder Mail Trail begins, or ends here depending on which way you are hiking. Leave a car at the Highway 12 bridge over the Escalante River for the thru hike, or get lucky and try to hitchike back to your car at the trailhead which I've done before as its a very short a...
Upper Calf Creek Falls
Boulder, Utah
5.0
1.76 mi
/ 571 ft gain
Finding the trailhead for the Upper Calf Creek Falls can be a little difficult. Head east out of Escalante and follow highway 12 for about 20.6 miles. There will be a dirt turnout on the left hand side that leads to a dirt parking lot and a trail sign with registration for the Upper Calf Creek Falls hike. The sign can be hidden behind some trees so be on the lookout. We missed the turnout the f...
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Escalante, Utah
Posey Lake Campground
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Posey Lake Campground is located next to its beautiful namesake lake high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 8,800 feet....
Escalante, Utah
Cowpuncher Guard Station
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Cowpuncher Guard Station is located in the Dixie National Forest, 20 miles northeast of the town of Escalante in southern Utah. ...
Garfield County, Utah
Barker Recreation Area
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Barker Recreation Area is located high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 9,300 feet. Visitors enjoy canoeing, fishing a...
Garfield County, Utah
Lower Bowns
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Lower Bowns Campground is located on the east side of Boulder Mountain on the shore of Lower Bowns Reservoir at an elevation of ...
Antimony, Utah
Pine Lake Campground
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Pine Lake Campground is located next to its scenic namesake lake high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 8,100 feet. Vis...
, Utah
Rosebud Atv
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Rosebud ATV Campground is located high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 8300 feet. Torrey, Utah is just 17 miles north...
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