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Several primitive campsites and 4 Bug huts (reservable on www.recreation.gov). Amenities: vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings. No running water or Trash Services. Primarily used by boaters floating through Desolation and Gray Canyons of the Green River.

The Utah section of the Dolores River offers technical rapids, stunning scenery, wildlife viewing, side-canyon hiking, and camping. Permits are required year-round for all private, non-commercial use of the Lower Dolores. There is no limit on the number of permits...

Nationally known for its beauty, the Paria Canyon has towering walls streaked with desert varnish, huge red rock amphitheaters, sandstone arches, wooded terraces, and hanging gardens. The 3,000-foot escarpment known as the Vermilion Cliffs dominates the remainder of the wilderness...

The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Day Use provides access to outstanding scenery, desert wildlife, colorful history, and opportunities for primitive Day hikes within the Kanab Field office and Vermilion Cliffs National Monument adventures start Buckskin, White House, and Wire Pass...

Nestled beneath the backdrop of the Pine Valley Mountains, riparian environments created by Quail and Leeds Creek wind their way through rounded hills, shaded canyons, and soaring cliffs of Navajo Sandstone. This welcomed oasis within the Red Cliffs National Conservation...

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...

Crocodile Staging Area provides a convenient parking and staging location for ATV/UTV riders interested in exploring the Hog Canyon OHV Trail System and the John R Flat area of the Kanab Field Office. The staging area offers a vault toilet...

The K-Hill Trail is an easy 2.5-mile one-way hiking and equestrian trail that runs along the cliffs at the north end of the Golden Circle Estates subdivision in Kanab, UT. The primary trailhead meets the K-Hill Trail at a “T”...

The Parowan Gap is an incredible area with a plethora of prehistorical and historical values. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Parowan Gap includes many petroglyphs of native people, as well as markings from Spanish explorers and...

Located just ten miles northwest of Cedar City, Three Peaks Recreation Area hosts a range of recreation opportunities appealing to both residents and visitors alike. Upon completion of a comprehensive recreation management plan in 2006, 6,000 acres were designated as...

Bunting Trail is a roughly 4-mile roundtrip out-and-back hiking and equestrian trail on the southwest side of Kanab, UT. The trail climbs from the valley floor to the top of Bunting Point, 860 feet above. The trail begins with a...

The Greenhalgh (pronounced “Green-off”) Trail is a three- to four-mile roundtrip out-and-back hiking and equestrian trail north of Kanab, UT. The trail is named for the Greenhalgh brothers, two local characters who homesteaded the area in the 1900s. There are...

Hidden Lake is a small water-filled cave peeking out from under a red sandstone cliff. It can be a fun side-trip for visitors to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary or Peek-A-Boo Canyon. The recreation site includes a small picnic area 200...

Dark Canyon begins high on the edge of Elk Ridge (8,800 feet in elevation) and ends at 3,700 feet elevation in the desert environment of upper Lake Powell. The Dark Canyon drainage is primarily administered by the U.S. Forest Service...

This site is in Arizona. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is located on the edge of one of the most beautiful places on Earth - the Grand Canyon. Situated on the Colorado Plateau in northwestern Arizona, within the drainage of the...

Taylor Creek Wilderness is located adjacent to the Kolob Canyons region of Zion National Park. Visitors enjoy hiking, backpacking, photography, fishing and rock climbing.

The Taylor Creek Wilderness now contains a total of 32 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Utah. In 2009 the Taylor Creek Wilderness became part of the...

How to Obtain a Permit Permits may be downloaded from BLM.gov and emailed to [email protected]. A copy of the permit the user has submitted to the BLM must be in the trip leader's possession while in Labyrinth Canyon and all...

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.

Adjacent to the southeast boundary of Zion National Park, Canaan Mountain Wilderness is comprised of approximately 44,500 acres of public land in Washington County. In this wilderness, an 8-by-10 mile block of Navajo Sandstone, bounded by 2,000-foot-high cliffs, has been...

This WSA spans the Westwater Canyon portion of the Colorado River with the eastern two-thirds located in the Dolores Triangle. Major tributary canyons on the east side of the river include Little Dolores, Marble, and Star canyons. Pinyon-juniper woodlands cover...

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...

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 Dugway Geode Beds are a Rockhounding hotspot. The most common mineral found within the geodes is quartz in various colors: clear (rock crystal), purple (amethyst), and pink (rose). Geodes are usually found below the ground surface. The best place...

The Magnificent Seven Trail System (Mag 7) is a very popular new trail system just north of Moab. The system of trails run back and forth along the unique and popular Gemini Bridges Road. Bikers run all sorts of trips...

The WSA consists of five parallel, south trending canyons separated by benches. Numerous winding side canyons and steep cliffs isolate the benches.The Circle Cliffs landscape is found in the northeastern portion of the WSA. This is the best known and...

French Springs-Happy Canyon Wilderness Study Area is in eastern Wayne and Garfield Counties. The unit is 25,000 acres and consists of high, narrow ridges and a mesa cut by narrow, sheer-walled, meandering canyons 600 to 1,000 feet deep. Other land...

"Shunes creek has its origins on the rim of the Vermillion Cliffs in the Shunes Creek Canyon drainage within the Canaan Mountain Wilderness. It enters the parcel from the east and exits into the Canaan Mountain Wilderness on the west...

The WSA is dominated by Mt. Ellsworth and Mt. Holmes, two mountain peaks which are bodies of igneous rocks that intruded and deformed overlying sedimentary layers. In the northern and eastern portions of the area there are high, narrow mesas...

La Verkin Creek is a beautiful and significant creek that begins its journey at the southern boundary of Zion National Park. Smith Creek, nonetheless beautiful, has its origins within the Red Butte Wilderness. The area surrounding the confluence of these...

What this section of Taylor Creek lacks in length, it more than makes up for in sheer beauty and splendor. This short section, which originates in small Taylor Creek Wilderness and flows into Zion National Park, contains some of the...

The dirt access route runs easterly across the Burr Desert flat lands ending at the cliff tops of the Dirty Devil River. Views across, up, and down the canyon are stunning and have as backdrops the Abajos, the La Sal...

At an elevation of over 8,000 feet, and surrounded by pine and aspen trees, Dandelion Flat includes fire rings, grills, picnic tables, benches, potable water, and restrooms. It is designated for day use.

Poison Springs Road, a rough single-lane tract in some places, a well defined roadbed in others, is the only motorized route which crosses the Dirty Devil River between Hanksville and Hite on Lake Powell. Beginning at Utah Highway 95, it...

The Old Spanish Trail is an historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of (or near) Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately 700 mi (1,100 km) long, the trail...

The WSA is an alluvium (loose soil shaped by water) and sand dune covered valley. The terrain consists of free-moving sand dunes, dunes stabilized by trees or brush, and sagebrush flats. Old juniper trees and changing shadow patterns on the...

The Red Cliffs Archaeological Site houses the remains of structures from when the Ancestral Puebloans were residing there intermittently from about 500 A.D. to 1200 A.D. The occupation spanned three distinct periods in Ancestral Puebloan history: Basketmaker III, Pueblo I...

The Cockscomb is part of the East Kaibab monocline and is a notable local landmark because of its near vertical sandstone beds form a sinuous hogs back of prominent, multicolored ridges. The eastern portion of the WSA consists of the...

Horseshoe Knolls is a dispersed camping and OHV recreation site located east of the highway across from Horseshoe Springs. This is a popular site for family camping, trail riding, and just relaxing in the spring and fall. The area is...

The Gunnison Massacre Site is significant in its ties to the history of exploration, railroad construction, Indian-white relations, and the Mormon experience in the West. The massacre occurred on October 26, 1853. Captain John W. Gunnison, leader of the 38th...

The Desert Experimental Range is one of a few dozen ecologically unique areas in the nation that have been set aside under international treaties for research. This area is preserved as an example of Great Basin ecology, and current studies...

Burro Wash is one of the hidden canyons that emerge from the east side of the Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef National Park. Although just a flat, sandy streamway by the time it crosses the Notom-Bullfrog road - the one...

The Cathedral Valley Scenic Backway exhibits striking views of the Mussentuchit badlands, and on the NPS lands the Temple of the Moon and Sun formations are accessible. The road is a single-lane road with a dirt base. High clearance vehicles...

This multiple-use trail crosses BLM and Forest Service lands in this area. The corridor provides for all uses along the same trail in some sections, and separates motorized and non-motorizes uses in other areas. Users along this section of the...

This wilderness area is in Arizona (contiguous to the 44,531 acre Canaan Mountain Wilderness in Utah designated in 2009). The Cottonwood Point Wilderness (6,860 acres) in Arizona, is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. In 1984, the Cottonwood Point...

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...

Robbers Roost is a remote area of desert country in central Utah, cut by a maze of spectacular canyons. Named from its history as a hideout of the Butch Cassidy gang, the Roost is located between Hanksville on the west...

Deep Creeks origin is to the north of the BLM parcel and on private lands. This spectacular section of the stream runs thru the Deep Creek Wilderness and contains world class features such as deeply incised canyons hundreds of feet...

This remote BLM Byway is a single-lane road for 68 miles with a dirt surface. There are numerous rough sections, steep grades, and blind curves. The route ascends from the desert floor, traversing badlands, and buttes, canyons and cliffs, through...

Five distinct landforms comprise the WSA. In the central part are the Vermilion Cliffs, a step in the Grand Staircase, the southern end of the High Plateaus of the Utah Section of the Colorado Plateau Physiographic Province. The north side...