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Activities: Hiking and Horseback Riding Connector Trail Distance: 850 feet (one way) single-track Trail Difficulty: Easy Connects the Prospector Trail, Cordura Trail, and White Reef Trail. Connector Trail Description: The Adams Trail is accessible from the White Reef Trailhead. Follow...
Activities: Hiking, Biking, Horseback Riding Connector Trail Distance: 1,200 feet (one way) two-track Trail Difficulty: Easy Connects the White Reef Trail, Leeds Reef Trail, and Tipple Trail. Visitors may create a 3.2 mile clock-wise loop by taking the White Reef...
The Amasa Back area contains six mountain bike trails, five of which are non-motorized singletrack. Currently all of the trails are accessed by riding up the Amasa Back (Cliff Hanger) 4x4 route. From there one can choose from multiple options...
Amasa Basin Trail provides approximately 33 miles of trails ranging from easy to very difficult. The trailhead is in Miller Canyon and has a picnic area, as well
Length of Hike: This is a 3 mile long foray into the heart of the Richardson Amphitheater. Type of Hike: The trail is constructed and marked with cairns. Area Attractions: The trail is located very near the Colorado River, and...
Activities: Hiking and Biking Trail Distance: 0.5 miles (one way) single-track Trail Difficulty: Easy Trail Description: The Anasazi Trail begins on the east side of the Red Cliffs Campground loop across the street from campsite 11. The trail leads to...
From the parking area the trail system descends into the canyon bottom, providing access into the many scenic side canyons of the Dirty Devil River, such as Robbers Roost, Buck, Pasture, Happy, No Mans, Larry, and Sam's Mesa Box Canyons...
From the parking area the trail system descends into the canyon bottom, providing access into the many scenic side canyons of the Dirty Devil River, such as Robbers Roost, Buck, Pasture, Happy, No Mans, Larry, and Sam's Mesa Box Canyons...
Antelope Springs Cave is the tenth longest cave in Utah at .61 miles. The entrance has a short vertical drop, then a sloping drop to the bottom. All undeveloped caves, by their very nature, contain some hazards. Make sure to...
Antelope Springs was a former Civilian Conservation Corps camp site that was used as a recreational facility by inmates at the Topaz, Utah camp. The 19,000 acre facility opened in the summer of 1943. Organized youth groups as well as...
The Anticline Overlook is named for the curved, uplifted Kane Creek Anticline visible across the Colorado River to the north. About 5200 feet of salt-baring rocks, remnants from ancient seas, lie beneath the Kane Creek anticline in the Paradox Member...
Armijo Route, 1829-1830 ,is one of the Old Spanish Trail’s alternative routes, the Armijo Route, was pioneered by 31 New Mexico traders, under the leadership of Antonio Armijo between 1829 and 1830. This group left Abiquiu, New Mexico, in November...
Arrowhead [Trails] Highway The Arrowhead Highway-was the first “scenic highway” through southern Utah. The concept of such a route was proposed in 1914 by businessmen in Las Vegas, to encourage automobile tourism between Los Angeles, CA and Salt Lake City...
This is an OHV destination located near the town of Aurora and intersecting the Paiute Trail. This open area allows cross county motorized travel within its boundaries.
Located at the base of the majestic Pine Valley Mountains, the Baker Dam Reservoir area provides a cool escape from St. George and nearby communities. Managed by the Baker Dam Reservoir Association and frequently stocked with trout by the Utah...
Baptist Draw is a technical hike with three rappels with the highest rappel of 65 feet. This hike is for experience canyoneering. This draw has a high potential for flash floods and extreme caution should be used.
The Bar M (Moab Brands) Trail System was selected as a National Recreation Trail on October 22, 2020. The Bar M Trail System is a cool riding opportunity just north of Moab, Utah. There are riding options for beginners to...
The Barracks Kiosk is found near the East Fork of the Virgin River. The kiosk itself serves as a staging area for BLM route 20 and other BLM routes in the area. You will also find several dispersed camping sites...
Recommended Users: Mountain Bikers, Hikers. Singletrack trail. 5.79 miles in length. Difficulty: Moderate/More. Barrel Roll is a loop ride that can be ridden in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction (although it is easier to tackle the obstacles riding in...
Bartlett/Jedi Slickrock is a free-ride area open to mountain bikes (non-motorized). It's located on the north side of Bartlett Wash. This riding area is mostly smooth Entrada Sandstone. There are no marked trails in this area. Riders work their way...
Recommended Users: Mountain Bikers and Hikers Bearclaw Poppy is a single-track that can be ridden in either direction, but the trail is most enjoyable when starting from the Gap Trailhead. This direction allows the rider to begin riding downhill -...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview Bears Ears National Monument, co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management Monticello Field Office, the Manti La Sal National Forest, and the five Tribes of the Bears...
The source of spectacular Bear Trap Canyon begins on private property on the south side of a 40 acre BLM parcel and terminates on the western boundary of the Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness and into Zion National Park. The stream...
Beartrap Canyon Wilderness is only 40 acres, but shares a common boundary with designated wilderness in the Kolob Canyons portion of Zion National Park. Largely a rugged, steeply sloped area, this Wilderness contains the headwater areas for many tributaries that...
The Beartrap Canyon Wilderness now contains a total of 40 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Utah. In 2009 the Beartrap Canyon Wilderness became part of the...
The Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness now contains a total of 17,600 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Arizona contains approximately 15,000 acres. Utah contains approximately 2,600 acres. In 1984 the Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness became part...
Thirty nine designated campsites are available within the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area to accommodate camping and recreational use. Camping within the NCA is permitted only in these numbered campsites with a metal fire ring. Sites are first-come, first-serve...
The approximately 63,500 acre Beaver Dam Wash NCA is located in the southwestern corner of Washington County, Utah, along the state lines of Nevada and Arizona. The landscape provides an interesting ecological transition zone between the Mojave Desert and the...
Landforms in the WSA include massive Navajo sandstone domes and fins, steep cliffs, and several natural arches. Sixty percent of the area is barren of vegetation with the remainder in juniper and desert shrubs. Recreational use of the WSA is...
Overview Families and large groups will enjoy the three reservable group sites at Big Bend. Group sites A and B are located within the main campground along the Colorado River. Group Site C is located across SR 128 and up...
Overview Start your Moab adventure at the Big Bend Recreation Site. Located along the Colorado River, visitors enjoy a sandy beach, boat launch, river viewing areas, picnic tables, campsites, and group campsites. Adventurers also enjoy rafting the Moab Daily, a...
Big Mesa Recreation Area encompasses the public lands surrounding State Route 313 as it heads west of Highway 191 to Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park. The area provides visitors with overnight campgrounds, group camp sites, and...
The Big Water Visitor Center is one of four visitor centers in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, each with a different theme. However, the Big Water Visitor Center is more like a real-world time machine focusing on the early geologic...
Birch Creek Reservoir is a day-use fishing access site with public parking and toilet facilities adjacent to an excellent tiger trout fishery at the foot of the Monte Cristo Mountains in Rich County, UT. The site is located 10 miles...
Birch Hollow is a side canyon of Orderville Canyon in the Orderville Canyon Wilderness Study Area. With its twisting passages and striking descents, Birch Hollow offers canyoneers a superlative day trip. The route requires technical canyoneering skills and equipment, with...
Recommended Users: Equestrians, Hikers. Singletrack trail. 3.4 miles in length. Difficulty: Moderate/More. Black Brush Trail offers a short outing through dry desert wash country. These are not your average sandy washes, but rocky, rattlesnake hiding in the brush kind of...
A mysterious red pictograph (painted) panel accompanied by petroglyphs (pecked images) lies within Black Dragon Wash in the San Rafael Swell. Within a fenced area visitors may view several elongated human and animal like pictograph images attributed to the ancient...
The Blackridge Wilderness now contains a total of 13,015 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Utah. In 2009 the Blackridge Wilderness became part of the now over...
Bloomington Cave is the most extensive and well-known cave in the St. George Field Office. It is a large tectonic cave, and has at least six distinct levels and a maze of passages that are generally narrow, often with steeply...
The Blues Overlook sits across from the delicate pink limestone ledges of Powell Point, which rises to an elevation of 10,188 feet, and above. "The Blues," a badland of gray-green shales deposited some 80 million years ago when the area...
Cliffs, hills, and the blue-gray shale badlands for which the WSA is named, characterize the study area.The WSA houses a number of endangered species and one plant species which is eligible to be listed.
The Bonneville Salt Flats are one of Earth's most unique landforms. The salt flats are about 12 miles long and 5 miles wide and are comprised mostly of sodium chloride, or table salt. Located 120 miles west of Salt Lake...
This area contains 455,000 acres of diverse ecosystems in a very remote setting, and maintains a "frontier mystique." There is an abundance of wildlife species for viewing, including deer, elk, black bear, blue and sage grouse, numerous hawks, antelope, mountain...
Recommended Users: Mountain Bikers, Hikers. Singletrack trail. 1.1 miles in length. Difficulty: More Difficult. : The name of the trail speaks to what you will find here: bowls and ledges. Use caution. Although this trail is rated More Difficult, more...
Boynton Overlook gives visitors a bird's eye view of the riparian area along the meandering Escalante River. The overlook was named for John Boynton, a cattle man caught in a confrontation over a woman that ended with murder in 1878...