Enepitsi Trail
Approved Trail Users: Equestrians, Hikers, Mountain Bikers
Length: 1.5 miles
Difficulty: Easiest (IMBA Trail Difficulty Rating System)
Reserve: Santa Clara River Reserve
Area: Santa Clara/Land Hill ACEC
Property Ownership: BLM
Access: Tukupetsi Trailhead – From St. George, travel north on Bluff Street. Turn left on Sunset Blvd. Continue on Sunset Blvd as it turns into Santa Clara Drive. Continue 0.5 miles past the Jacob Hamblin Home and turn left onto a gravel road that leads to the Tukupetsi Trailhead.
Description: Enepitsi (pronounced e’noo petes) means “ghost” in Southern Paiute. The Santa Clara/Land Hill ACEC area was heavily used by both Ancestral Puebloans and Southern Paiute. The river corridor, of which the Enepitsi Trail follows, played an important role in these past cultures. For this reason, the area, no doubt, abounds with ghosts from the past.
The Enepitsi Trail is an old pioneer road. As you walk between the banks of the Santa Clara River and cliffs of Land Hill, keep a sharp eye out for prehistoric petroglyphs and pioneer graffiti. Please do not venture beyond the 2-track trail as this is private property. In the future, with the support of private landowners or through federal land trades, it may be possible to follow the trail from the Tukupetsi Trailhead to the Anasazi Valley Trailhead.
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