Tips for a safe and enjoyable trip
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Call the closest Visitor Center (Escalante: 435-826-5499, Big Water: 435-675-3200) or check with a ranger or other official for road and weather conditions before you start out. The Bureau of Land Management regularly posts a Road Report.
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Leave your trip itinerary with someone so you can be located in case of car trouble or other mishap. Remember that cell service is unreliable.
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Pack out everything you pack in. Carry out all trash and food scraps.
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Do not feed wildlife. Human food is harmful to wild animals.
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Always take plenty of drinking water with you.
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Leave the scenery as it is. Do not write or carve on rocks; do not disturb plants or wildlife. Take only pictures; leave behind nothing.
Scenic drives and views in Glen Canyon
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 Open year-round but most popular in Spring and Fall, Coyote Gulch is a tributary of the Escalante River with several entry points for day hiking or backpacking in the Escalante Canyons of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Staircase National Monument. This is a wilderness area, prepare to pack out everything you bring in.  Drive the scenic Burr Trail from Glen Canyon's Bullfrog district, along the bottom of Capitol Reef, through Grand Staircase, to Boulder, UT.
Distance: 67 miles (108 km) one-way
Mix of paved and dirt roads, impassable when wet
Four-wheel drive sometimes required. No RVs.  The Hole-in-the-Rock road is an historic pioneer trail turned path to adventure. This 62 mile (100 km) one-way section runs from Escalante, UT to the western edge of Lake Powell. This road is rough, impassable in inclement weather, and 4WD only for the last 7 miles. Along the way are quite a few trailheads for the Coyote Gulch and other Escalante River trails in Glen Canyon.  Drive the semi-improved roads to Alstrom Point, in the southwest region of Glen Canyon National recreation Area along the border with Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument near Big Water, UT.
Distance: 46 miles round-trip, about 4 hours if you do not stop to look at the scenery
Mix of paved and dirt roads, impassable when wet
Four-wheel drive recommended for the final five miles and required at the last parts of the road. No RVs.  This is the Trailhead for the Pedestal Alley Trail, north of the Bullfrog district on the Burr trail road.  This is the Trailhead for the Stud Horse Point area, near Greenhaven AZ via a few backcountry BLM and NPS roads.
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