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"The Clay Flay Kiosk is located on the Yellowjacket road approximately two miles south of Highway 89, just north of Kanab, UT. It serves as a staging area for ATVs, UTVs, and horse trailers. It accesses Harris Mountain and Moncur...
The Cliffs-Connector Trail is a semi-maintained route linking the more established Kanab City Trail and Tom’s Canyon Trails to the north of Kanab, UT. The trail includes a steep, rugged climb and requires scrambling and route-finding skills. The 1.3-mile Cliffs...
Surrounded by forested mountains and cottonwood trees at 6000 feet elevation, Clover Spring Campground is a quiet, peaceful getaway with a natural spring-fed stream that gives this site its name. There are 10 individual first-come first-served sites for $12 per...
Like the Floy Canyon WSA immediately to the west, Coal Canyon WSA sits between the face of the Bookcliffs and the top of the Roan Cliffs. It is a dissected landscape of steep ridges and v-shaped canyons formed by many...
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...
Collins Canyon is a tributary and popular access route into Grand Gulch. A trail gradually descends two miles to the junction with Grand Gulch. Grand Gulch is a popular area for hiking and backpacking to see Ancestral Puebloan cliff ruins...
The Colorado Riverway Recreation Area follows the Colorado River from Dewey Bridge to Canyonlands National Park. Opportunities include camping adjacent to the Colorado River, as well as climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and more. Within this area, visitors will find the...
The Conger Mountain WSA is in western Millard County, about 50 miles west of Delta, Utah. There are ample oppurtunities for solitude. Many threatened or endangered species inhabit the WSA including Swainson's hark, Western Snowy Plover, White-Faced Ibis, and Bald...
The Conger Mountain ATV Trail provides 127 miles of fun. The trails are marked with difficulty ratings from easy to extreme. Trailheads are located at Little Valley Well and Kings Canyon. Riders are encouraged to stay on existing roads and...
Recommended Users: Mountain Bikers, Hikers. Singletack trail. 0.08 miles in length. Difficulty: Easiest. The Connector Trail is used as a bail-out route from the North Rim Trail. Conversely it offers quick access to the North Rim Trail from the White...
The Copper Globe mining area provides visitors with an opportunity to explore standing structures and features associated with a historic mine in operation from 1900-1905. While no copper was actually successfully smelted due to the low quality of the ore...
Length of Hike: A short walk (just over 200 yards) up the hill to the tracks. Type of Hike: A short constructed trail that parallels the jeep route. Area Attractions: Dinosaur tracks and beautiful scenery.
A popular off-roading venue is the Coral Pink Sand Dunes, located about 20 miles west of Kanab. Dunes enthusiasts can travel over 1500 acres of open sand dunes covering the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and the extreme northern...
Activities: Hiking, Biking, Horseback Riding Trail Distance: 0.27 miles (one way) single-track Trail Difficulty: Easy Trail Description: The Cordura Trail is accessible via the 260 foot McMullin connector trail, shortly after passing the stepover gate at the White Reef Trailhead...
The Corona Arch Trail was designated as a National Recreation Trail on May 30, 2018. The trail is a moderately strenuous 3 mile round trip hike to the spectacular Corona Arch. There are a few sections of the trail with...
The Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness now contains a total of 11,712 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Utah. In 2009 the Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness became part of the...
The United States Congress designated the Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness in 2009 and it now has a total of 11,667 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Utah and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Cottonwood Canyon...
The scenic Backway runs for 46 miles traversing southward thround Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from Cannonville to Highway 89. The road is paved for 9 miles between Cannonville and the turnoff to Kodachrome Basin State Park.
Cottonwood Trail is a 10-mile roundtrip out-and-back hiking and equestrian trail on the southwest side of Kanab, UT. The trail slopes up and down several drainages as it weaves through the foothills at the base of the Vermilion Cliffs. As...
Cottonwood Wash is one of several slot canyons running through the huge white Navajo sandstone peaks that make up the highest parts of Capitol Reef, and like the others, it is relatively short but in places very deep. The narrowest...
The Cougar Canyon Wilderness now contains a total of 10,409 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Utah. In 2009 the Cougar Canyon Wilderness became part of the...
Cougar Canyon, Doc’s Pass, and Slaughter Creek Wilderness areas are clustered along the Nevada state line, in the remote northwest corner of Washington County. The three units, which total over 31,600 acres, are contiguous with wildlands in Nevada and roadless...
Recommended Users: Hikers. Route. 2.7 miles in length. Difficulty: Moderate. From the trailhead, take the Cove Wash West Trail and drop into Cove Wash. Follow the wash to the east. The wash runs through a varied landscape: deep and somewhat...
Recommended Users: Mountain Bikers, Hikers. Route. 4 miles in length. Difficulty: Moderate/Easiest. Cove Wash West Trail heads west once it drops into Cove Wash from the Cove Wash Trailhead. The trail is actually a route through the gravel wash bottom...
Overview Secluded campsites tucked along a ridge on the mesas above Moab offering striking vistas of canyon country. High clearance required, no RVs, trailers or pull campers. Individual sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The area has many...
The Coyote Canyon motorized route is an extreme trail specifically designated for rock-crawler type vehicles only. The route is one-way up a small canyon and down another. Although the route is only 0.65 miles long, it can easily take all...
The wilderness study area (WSA) includes popular hikes such as Little Wild Horse and Bell Canyons, Ding and Dang Canyon, and Crack and Chute Canyons. The WSA landscape has colorful badlands of eroded soils, cliffs, and rock monuments, including fins...
Creek Pasture Campground is ideal for groups wishing to recreate in the Indian Creek area or to be close to the Canyonlands National Park Needles District and the Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek Unit. The campground is located north...
Overview The Creek Pasture Group Site at Creek Pasture Campground is ideal for large groups wishing to recreate in the Indian Creek area, or camp close to the Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek Unit of the Needles District of...
The Cricket Mountains provide approximately 129 miles of trails, ranging from easy to difficult. Trailheads are located at Johnson Pass, Little Sage Valley, Cedar Pass and Headlight Canyon.
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...
Recommended Users: Mountain Bikers, Hikers. Singletrack trail. 3 miles in length. Difficulty: Moderate/Easiest. From the midway point on Goosebumps Trail, the Cryptobionic Trail makes a beeline downhill toward the Virgin River, winding for 3 miles through a series of flowing...
Crystal Cave is a popular underground cave in Box Elder County, Utah, and is suitable for novice cavers due to mostly horizontal rooms and lack of serious drops. The cave has a locked gate to protect bat habitat and is...
The Daddy Canyon trailhead provides visitors with a multitude of recreational opportunities. The canyon trailhead is located in the renowned Nine Mile Canyon at the entrance to one of the many side canyons. Daddy Canyon provides spectacular views of high...
Dance Hall Rock is a large sandstone amphitheater located 42 miles down the Hole-in-the-Rock Road. On their way to establish a settlement, Mormon pioneers in 1879-80 spent two months waiting for a road to be built to the Colorado River...
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.
This WSA is a complex of fragments of the Dark Canyon Plateau and seven deep, meandering canyons that drain into Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River, northwest of the WSA. An unusual feature in the Canyonlands country is the 10...
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...
Recommended Users: Hikers, Mountain Bikers. Singletrack trail. 5.0 miles in length. Difficulty: Moderate/More Difficult. The most ambitious trail to date has to be Dead Ringer. Leaving from the Jem Trailhead, this trail makes a gradual descent from the mesa top...
The southern part of the WSA consists of benches and canyons and the northern portion is composed of ridges divided by canyons.The diversity of plant life enhances the observation of ecology. In the upper portion of Paradise Canyon, the most...
Flanked on the east by the Great Salt Lake Desert and on the west by the Deep Creek Valley, this 32-mile long, 3 to 15 mile wide range is located in west central Utah, adjacent to the Utah-Nevada state line...
Deep Creek Wilderness and Deep Creek North Wilderness These two contiguous units, containing approximately 7,500 acres of public land, are located near the northeast corner of Zion National Park. In fact, Deep Creek Wilderness shares its 3 mile southern border...
The Deep Creek North Wilderness now contains a total of 4,262 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Utah. In 2009 the Deep Creek North Wilderness became part...
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...